In the struggle against the bourgeoisie, it is essential to address the power relations and imbalances between genders and sexualities. Under Capitalism, the Patriarchal family serves an important role in reproducing wage labour and providing emotional labour. This is essential to the reproduction of the nuclear family and the maintenance of the workers’ ability to perform paid labour. Here are some good texts on socialist feminism and sexuality, from both Marxist and Anarchist perspectives:
Reading List:
Martha A. Ackelsberg – Free Women of Spain – Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women
Silvia Federici – Caliban and the Witch
Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Selma James – The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community
Mariarosa Dalla Costa – Women And The Subversion Of The Community: A Mariarosa Dalla Costa Reader
Silvia Federici – Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle
Selma James – Sex, Race and Class: The Perspective of Winning
Nina Power – One Dimensional Woman
Michel Foucault – A History Of Sexuality