Exactly! If I were a woman in this time period I don’t think it would be easy to go along with a party that doesn’t value my participation in politics, or in anything outside home for that matter!
Month: February 2018
Comment on Women: Powerful or just Domestic? by cgwoodward
Thank you!
Comment on Women: Powerful or just Domestic? by cgwoodward
Thanks!
Comment on Women: Powerful or just Domestic? by cgwoodward
Which blog post was it that you read? I would love to get another take/interpretation of the Komsomol!
Comment on Women: Powerful or just Domestic? by cgwoodward
You put exactly what I was thinking into words! Gender roles in this time period were so complex and contrasting, I don’t know how the women handled it!
Comment on Women: Powerful or just Domestic? by cgwoodward
Thank you!
Comment on The Lost Shepherd to a Revolutionary Flock by Nick Schuff
Another example of sharp propaganda by the Bolsheviks. I am a bit skeptical that they really did even end up selling the religious treasures and relics to fund the purchase of food, or if it was just a pure propaganda scheme. I have doubts that they wo…
Comment on One Venti Misogyny Latte with a Shot of Cynicism by Nick Schuff
Great post highlighting the incompleteness of the fight to give women a status on equal footing with men in the new post-revolution society. I do have one question about your conclusion though. You say that women were given higher expectations that they simply could not meet, but I’m a little hazy on what those expectations were. Is it that they were expected to be more “masculine” to fit the ideal of a revolutionary while at the same time expected to maintain their role as primary caregiver and homemaker?
Comment on The Emancipation of Soviet Citizens from Religion by Nick Schuff
Wow, the lengths the Bolsheviks went to in their quest to destroy the influence of the Orthodox Church just shows how drastically they intended to shift the society and the culture. They framed nearly every part of society in a us against them, class warfare light in order to gain the favor of the masses.
Comment on Young Communists and Young Thug by aharman07
I’ve seen a couple posts that are similar to the topic that you chose to write about. I really like the perspective that you take with it though! It is apparent that children within the Soviet sphere of influence would ultimately take-up what they were being taught. They can be seen as the first ‘true’ Soviets because of the fact that they were raised primarily to support the Soviet cause. Keep up the good work!
