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> I think that a revolution—a socialist revolution—will break down the family structure as we know it now. The woman, being freed from her menial position, eith

> I think that a revolution—a socialist revolution—will break down the family structure as we know it now. The woman, being freed from her menial position, either as the lowest-paid worker or as household slave, will be out of the home more. -Denise Oliver, Palante: Voices and Photographs of the Young Lords, 1969-1971 "Will break down"? Why the future tense? China's Great Leap Forward took place in 1958-1962, and by abolishing the family and raising children communally, it "freed" their women to work more in the fields. How fulfilling that must have been. > As professor of gender, sexuality, and feminist studies Kathi Weeks has written, the family, characterized by privatized care, the (heterosexual) couple unit, and biologically related kin, is “legislatively declared, legally defended, and socially prescribed” in the United States. Just in the US? Not in Italy, France, Egypt, Algeria, China, India, Brazil, Canada, Russia, Mexico..? It never ceases to amaze how these advocates of various revolutions are able to tactically ignore history and other countries.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago
> It never ceases to amaze how these advocates of various revolutions are able to tactically ignore history and other countries. I think this has more to do with the difference between a good and a bad essay. There is an argument to be made for and against the role of the family as an institution and where the modern American family stands in an historical and political context. Amusingly, modern families have weaker ties than ever before. The American vision of the nuclear family was already relatively exceptional with most having only weak ties with their extended family and often living very far and that was before the current high rate of divorces and separations. This article is just failing at making an interesting point.
znpy 4y ago
> It never ceases to amaze how these advocates of various revolutions are able to tactically ignore history and other countries. So far I've observed that most "thinkers" (left, right, center) in the USA think as there is only the USA.

WastingMyTime89 4y ago

> It never ceases to amaze how these advocates of various revolutions are able to tactically ignore history and other countries. I think this has more to do with the difference between a good and a bad essay. There is an argument to be made for and against the role of the family as an institution and where the modern American family stands in an historical and political context. Amusingly, modern families have weaker ties than ever before. The American vision of the nuclear family was already relatively exceptional with most having only weak ties with their extended family and often living very far and that was before the current high rate of divorces and separations. This article is just failing at making an interesting point.

znpy 4y ago

> It never ceases to amaze how these advocates of various revolutions are able to tactically ignore history and other countries. So far I've observed that most "thinkers" (left, right, center) in the USA think as there is only the USA.