After the revolution, there were different party organizations for distinct groups. There was the Zhenotdel, concentrated on the Women’s department, and the Komsomol, the Young Communist League (Freeze, 330). The Komsomol was open to both sexes but males outnumbered women 8 to 1. They represented atheism, hooliganism, and sexual depravity, and men did not want their daughters…
The revolution was so supposed to liberate all of the oppressed and exploited, encouraging everyone to throw off their chains. But that didn’t really happen for everyone, particularly groups that had been oppressed for ages to the point where it was no longer out of the ordinary. Women, for all they had done in the … Continue reading One Venti Misogyny Latte with a Shot of Cynicism →
