Feminist Theories On Marxism

This essay analyzes the impact of feminism on Marxism, highlighting the Marxist feminist theory and the role of capitalism in women's oppression. It also discusses notable feminist theories related to gender and feminism, such as Dorothy E. Smith, Patricia Hill Collins, and Judith Butler.

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Feminist Theories On Marxism
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Annotated bibliography
Luxton, M 2014, ‘Marxist Feminism and Anticapitalism: Reclaiming our History,
Reanimating our Politics’, Studies in Political Economy, 94(1), pp.137-160.
The article explains how the Marxist feminism is important to current anti-capitalist politics.
Firstly, the Marxist feminist politics has been mispresented in such a way that diminishes and
silence their contribution in the social context. Next, it is important to reclaim Marxist feminist
politics and affirm their centrality for fighting against the neoliberal capitalism. Finally,It is
important to understand the challenge posed by the women’s liberation politics which is termed
as the social reproduction.
Araojo, AE, Masargea, JT, Ibardaloza, ET, Salih, DD, De Leon, CG. and Lopez, MM 2015,
‘Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach in Understanding Couples' Perceived Fairness
of Gendered Division of Labor: Implications on Marxist Feminist Approach and Third
Wave Feminist Thought’, International Journal of Social Science Studies, Vol. 3, no. 5, pp.
161-171.
In this article, the authors use a constructive grounded theory to study to analyze why women
perceived division in the gender of labor as fair. This theory is helpful to analyse marixt
feminism on the grounds of perceived physical advantages and disadvantages among men and
women, self woth and role performance among women. This approach is guided by the
perspectives of feminism and pro-feminism for developing a new model. The theoretical analysis

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by the authors in the article highlighted the fairness of gender division of labor on the grounds of
several factors.
Pasque, PA 2011, ‘Women of color in higher education: Theoretical perspectives’. In G.
Jean-Marie & B. Lloyd-Jones (Eds.), Women of color in higher education: Turbulent past,
promising future. Diversity in higher education, Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald, Vol. 9,
pp. 21-47.
This article highlights the complexities, development and unique contributions of the womanist,
thought of the black feminist and feminism. The feminist theories in this article include
intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientations, nationality and other
major issues and identities. The contemporary feminist theories explain the interstices of
problems like health, reproduction, education and interrelated dynamics.
Wu, JT 2010, ‘Rethinking global sisterhood: Peace activism and Women’s Orientalism’. In
N. Hewitt (Ed.), No permanent waves: Recasting histories of U.S. feminism, NJ: Rutgers
University Press, New Brunswick, pp. 193-220.
This paper focuses on the ongoing debates on the utility of the metaphor of wave for analyzing
the complex past regarding the rights of the women. The authors offer new perspectives on the
diverse movements which include both past and present scenario of the U.S feminism. This
article particularly highlights the interest of feminism in the global perspective, orientalisms and
peace activism.
Nozaki, Y 2010, ‘Feminism, nationalism, and the Japanese textbook controversy over
comfort women’. In F. Winddance Twine & K. M. Blee (Eds.), Feminism and antiracism:
International struggles for justice, NY: New York University Press, New York, pp. 170-189.

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This article explains how religion,nation and gender plays an important role in the practice of
anti-racist movement of feminism. The authors of this article further explained how restructuring
in the global economy affects the anti-racist organization and how the perception of feminism is
countered by the feminist of the third world.
Laird, S 2011, ‘Reforming “woman’s true profession”: A case for “feminist pedagogy in
teacher education”?’ Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 449-464.
The author of the article explains a powerful argument that random efforts do not analyze the
realistic underpinnings and results in practical and philosophical dilemmas for the teachers'
education. The article critiques the gender-neutral proposals which fail to examine the traditional
concept of women's true profession as school teaching. Since Marxist feminism deals with the
explanation and investigation of ways in which women are oppressed, this article portrays the
view of the society considering teaching to be the one and only profession for women to restrict
and suppress women’s activities in other dynamic professional fields.
Jean-Marie, G. & Lloyd-Jones B. (Eds.) 2011, Women of color in higher education:
Turbulent past, promising future. Diversity in higher education, Bingley, United Kingdom:
Emerald.
The article highlights the contemporary and historical perspectives of women of color in the field
of higher education. The concept of diversity in higher education has been explained through this
article by the authors. The article seeks women of color, men and white women in the context of
higher education.
Bartlett, KT, 2017, ‘Feminism and Economic Inequality’ , Law & Inequlity : A Journal of
Theory and Practise’, Vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 265-287.

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The article highlights that economic inequality was the main problem in the 2016 presidential
campaign which affected the election of the Donald Trump. It highlighted inequality as a
growing issue among the women and the minorities. The article portrays the foundation work of
MacKinnon by highlighting her theoretical tool to the legal feminist scholars for dragging the
economic inequality to the center.
Essay Outline
Impact of Feminism on Marxism
The essay will highlight a clear explanation of the theories related to feminism. The essay
will explain the impact of Feminism on Marxism, a type of feminist ideology that targets the
dismantling of the notion of capitalism as the way of liberation of women or looks towards to
explain women’s oppression. It will also include the analysis of the Marxist Feminist Theory.
The Marxist theory of feminism that highlights capitalism as a system that favors men and is the
main ingredients for increased economic inequality and unstable relations between the genders in
the context of oppression of women in the current social scenario within all the nations of the
world will also be explained in the essay.
Some of the notable theories related to gender and feminism as proposed by Dorothy E.
Smith, Patricia Hill Collins and Judith Butler will also find a place in the essay. These theories
give a clear concept of the heterosexual matrix, patriarchal dividends, matrix of domination,
thoughts of black feminist, institutional ethnography and standpoint theories. These theories will
contribute to the analysis of identifying and explaining various possible ways by which women
are subjected to oppression through the procedures and systems of capitalism that tends to favors
men. These explanations of the theories by famous scholars will thus help in the formation of

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analysis of Marxist Feminism, outlining the basic concepts or factors that are the hindrance on
the pathway of women’s success. The discussion of the above-stated theories will be undertaken
in the essay to highlight the concept of feminism a social or political movement that deals with
the rights of the women. The discussion will aim to highlight and condemn the suffrage of all
women in their daily lives. According to the feminist theories on Marxism, political confusion,
economic dependence, inequality and unhealthy social relationships among individuals in the
society are the main cause of oppression in women (Bartlett 2017).
The essay will highlight the role of the capitalism in the context of women’s oppression.
One of the main argumenst that will be developed in the essay is to portray the basic similarity
between the feminism or feminist theory and Marxism is the concept of equality. Marxism
feminism explains the connection between capitalism and socio-economic inequality of women
by an economic theory that portrays a correlation among the rise of capitalism with the increased
oppression of the feminine gender. Feminism has been an ever growing topic of controversy and
debate throughout the decades. The essay aims to highlight the perspective of Karl Marx and
other sociologists by discussing their theories on transforming and shaping the social world so
that people can identify their social values and respect them. In the light of Marxist feminism,
this essay focuses to identify women’s liberation by radical re-establishment of the current
capitalist economy.

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Reference List
Araojo, AE, Masargea, JT, Ibardaloza, ET, Salih, DD, De Leon, CG. and Lopez, MM 2015,
‘Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach in Understanding Couples' Perceived Fairness of
Gendered Division of Labor: Implications on Marxist Feminist Approach and Third Wave
Feminist Thought’, International Journal of Social Science Studies, Vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 161-171.
Bartlett, KT, 2017, ‘Feminism and Economic Inequality’ , Law & Inequlity : A Journal of
Theory and Practise’, Vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 265-287.
Jean-Marie, G. & Lloyd-Jones B. (Eds.) 2011, Women of color in higher education: Turbulent
past, promising future. Diversity in higher education, Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald.
Laird, S 2011, ‘Reforming “woman’s true profession”: A case for “feminist pedagogy in teacher
education”?’ Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 449-464.
Luxton, M 2014, ‘Marxist Feminism and Anticapitalism: Reclaiming our History, Reanimating
our Politics’, Studies in Political Economy, 94(1), pp.137-160.
Nozaki, Y 2010, ‘Feminism, nationalism, and the Japanese textbook controversy over comfort
women’. In F. Winddance Twine & K. M. Blee (Eds.), Feminism and antiracism: International
struggles for justice, NY: New York University Press, New York, pp. 170-189.
Pasque, PA 2011, ‘Women of color in higher education: Theoretical perspectives’. In G. Jean-
Marie & B. Lloyd-Jones (Eds.), Women of color in higher education: Turbulent past, promising
future. Diversity in higher education, Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald, Vol. 9, pp. 21-47.

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Wu, JT 2010, ‘Rethinking global sisterhood: Peace activism and Women’s Orientalism’. In N.
Hewitt (Ed.), No permanent waves: Recasting histories of U.S. feminism, NJ: Rutgers University
Press, New Brunswick, pp. 193-220.