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[–]jet199 12 insightful - 2 fun12 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I read a book review of a biography of Sylvia Pankhurst last week and there was a big split back then as to whether feminists should ally themselves to the socialists. Emmeline called it "a collaboration with the patriarchy". The idea that feminists have always been part of the left is false (while radical feminism was created within Marxism).

[–]BEB[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In the US, it was the Left that fought for women's rights during the 2nd Wave. Not that there wasn't a huge streak of misogyny among Lefty men, but the Democrats were much more friendly to women's rights than the Republicans.