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I think you are confused. Valentina Tereshkova was selected by the USSR not for any noble reason, but for the equally sexist-reasons "Miss Kelly" was denied --
by dvt 13y ago
I think you are confused. Valentina Tereshkova was selected by the USSR not for any noble reason, but for the equally sexist-reasons "Miss Kelly" was denied -- because she was a woman.
If you think the USSR was less sexist than the USA in the 50s and 60s, you are vastly mistaken.
- eksith 13y agoHow about we ask a former communist? http://lunardefensecorps.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-ussr-womens-rights-and-feminism.html http://lunardefensecorps.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-ussr-women...
- dvt 13y agoI'd prefer to read some scholarly articles/books on the topic (most of which agree with my claim): From: Sisterhood and Socialism: The Soviet Feminist Movement Rochelle Ruthchild Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies , Vol. 7, No. 2 (1983), pp. 4-12 For the Club Maria, the "tragedy of women" is the reeminent example of the moral crisis of Soviet communism, the hypocrisy, the abandonment of spiritual values. For Mamonova, the Soviet system, despite its great promise, has become simply the same old sexist wolf in socialist clothing. Soviet Sisterhood, a relatively wide-spread book by Barbara Holland, was even more critical of what feminists call the "patriarchy."