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Feminists

Taverner

(55,476 posts) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:23 AM Jul 2012

What would a Feminist Society look like? [View all]

I mean, beyond the obvious: easy access to birth control, health care, equal pay for equal work and a general egalitarian nature...

Would the ideals of such a society incorporate more of a collective structure or an individualistic structure?

Would it be more tied to anarchist, socialist or capitalist theory?

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What would a Feminist Society look like? [View all] Taverner Jul 2012 OP

I would guess libodem Jul 2012 #1

Sort of anarcho-syndicalist... Taverner Jul 2012 #3

Then you could hook libodem Jul 2012 #4

You know our species would be so much better off without cash Taverner Jul 2012 #5

Everybody's job is important libodem Jul 2012 #6

Social Democracies obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #2

You are right on libodem Jul 2012 #7

A Matriarchal Society in the age of Globalization: Juchitán/Southern Mexico Zorra Jul 2012 #8

It sounds more like the culture is Biarchical (is that even a word?) than Matriarchial Taverner Jul 2012 #9

What leads you to believe this? nt Zorra Jul 2012 #10

Seems very egalitarian Taverner Jul 2012 #11

Oh my goddess libodem Jul 2012 #12

Joanna Russ imagined one in her science fiction novel The Female Man. yardwork Jul 2012 #13

That sounds like a really fascinating read. Zorra Jul 2012 #14

It is a very good book! I recommend it. yardwork Jul 2012 #17

Planet Earth, the movie? One_Life_To_Give Jul 2012 #15

Yeah, that looks like a '70s Hollywood take on women's liberation Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #16

One gender having dominance over the other, isn't feminist. Neoma Jul 2012 #20

For starters, Kath1 Jul 2012 #18

Better daycare. Neoma Jul 2012 #19