[lbo-talk] Class Difference among Women

Yoshie Furuhashi critical.montages at gmail.com
Sun Oct 29 22:37:28 PST 2006


Sometimes, a political party that is good -- or at least better than available alternatives -- for working people and supported by them is also good for almost all classes and strata of women (though richer women may not think so and may be implacably opposed to it).

Other times, such a party is bad for richer women but good -- or at least better than available alternatives -- for poorer women. Then, people have a choice to make, based on what they prioritize, their perceptions of the party's viability, and so on.

The stance on economy does not necessarily coincide with the stance on such questions as gender and sexuality among women as well as men. To take one example, Heloisa Helena of PSOL in Brazil is a fervent opponent to abortion. Lula is more corrupt and neoliberal than Helena, but he has also been more tolerant on social questions than Helena: e.g., "Brazil Begins Talking Openly About Abortion," 15 May 2005, <http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/2296/context/archive>. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>



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