As the ideologies of gender and capital developed in the
history, different forms of social systems also showed their development. As
pointed out in the section of “With and Against Marx,” there were doubts raised
along with transaction from Capitalism to Marxism—did the improvement benefit
the whole society, including men, women , and children, or just a portion of
people, which were men? I support the argument that changes not necessary benefits
everyone equally, for instance, the rise in income tax rate for the highest
income tier people is not fair for them even though Bill Gates voluntarily
support it. However, there is no paradise on Earth, and the improvement in the
real circumstances in terms of gender and capital has grown big enough to be noticeable
for everyone.
As an economics lover, I have to explain that there is no
absolute capitalist or socialist economy, because everything is in between—sometimes
tends to the right side and sometimes the left side. In socialist-capitalist
country like the United States, it appears to be a capitalist place where men
and women can have their own business while the government makes all citizens to
share. At this point feminists have the power to exercise their right: work,
have sexual choice, decide to keep pets instead of children, and pay 401(K). On
the other hand, similar scene happens in the capitalist-socialist country like
China. Even though feminism is not fully realized, the choices of women have
been widen. Thus, many women are indeed satisfied with what they have; would
you tell your children, “You dumb kid, are you happy with your McDonald’s? You
should be sad and desperate because your rich friends are eating steaks in the high
class restaurant at Beverly Hills!”?
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