THE ORIGINS OF WOMEN'S OPPRESSION

The supporters of female oppression always hide behind the veils of religion, biological traits and even culture. They persistently cling on these weak justifications and discourage any thinking that brings alternative views--indeed the reality that is supported by objective and justifiable evidence. I will proceed with my mission to fight against this unfair arrangement that regards women as second class citizens. The following marxists arguments further cements my/our position in this course:

The origins of women's oppression

Written by Rob Sewell Wednesday, 05 September 2001

While middle class feminists regard the oppression of women as an inherent biological trait of men, Marxism explains that the root of women's oppression lies not in biology, but in social conditions. Marxism sees the liberation of working class women as a part of the struggle for the liberation of the working class as a whole. While feminists set women against men, the socialist movement attempts to forge solidarity between male and female workers in a common struggle against capitalist exploitation.

Well ye know
What woman is, for none of woman born
Can choose but drain the bitter dregs of woe
Which ever to the oppressed from the oppressors flow.

SHELLEY

The oppression of women has been a key question for Marxism. After all, women constitute half the human race, and have faced discrimination and degradation in many areas of life. The oppression of women in the third world has reached abominable levels. It is accompanied by child prostitution, bonded-labour and slavery. It is capitalism in the raw. Recently, an Iranian Islamic court found a woman guilty of adultery. For this heinous crime, she was sentenced to death by stoning. Here, in its most cruel and brutal form, is reflected the worse features of class society. In the 'civilised' west, working class women are treated as second-class citizens, many of who are forced into the menial jobs on poor wages. Despite equal pay legislation, employers still continue to discriminate against women in terms of pay and conditions.Read more on: http://www.marxist.com/origins-womens-oppression.htm

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DISGUSTING STORY BEHIND GADDAFI'S ARMY OF FEMALE BODYGUARDS

Shame!shame!shame!!! on Gadaffi if this story is true!!!!!

Gaddafi’s female bodyguards say they were raped, abused by the Libyan leader

Five women who were part of Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s elite team of female bodyguards say they were raped and abused by the former Libyan leader.

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that the former bodyguards said Gaddafi and his sons raped and abused them and then discarded the women once the men became “bored” with them.

Gaddafi kept a cadre of about 30 women, known as his Amazonian guard, close by his side since the early 1970s. At times, the women took bullets for Gaddafi — one woman died and two were injured when the Libyan leader was attacked in 1998.

The strongman asked his female bodyguards not only for their protection but also for oaths of virginity, and that they be dressed in camouflage, nail polish, coiffed hair, and heavy mascara.

One woman told the Sunday Malta Times she was blackmailed into joining the unit after the regime told her that her brother had been smuggling drugs into Libya and she would go to jail unless she agreed to join the brigade.

“A pattern emerged in the stories,” the Times reports. “The women would be first raped by the dictator and then passed on, like used objects, to one of his sons and eventually to high-ranking officials for more abuse before eventually being let go.”

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/gaddafis-female-bodyguards-say-they-were-raped-abused-by-the-libyan-leader/2011/08/29/gIQA8TOKnJ_blog.html