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HEARNAP — Part 42
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of the stlemna of sextan and other forms -f orrression, hen must understand
that women who ficht ns “ai inist bevoliut!onartes are fighting for their
freedom wmdvuntimited determination, They must see that the freedom of « +. :
women equals the freedom of nll perple becouse ft ends the basic power
imbalance in human relat'onships, which ts the sanctionec domination of
one-half of the people(vomen) by the other holf(men).
Econontecally, sexism is a petent tool of the ruling class, It is used |
to keep half of the people down, sorking for wages lover than mon! s° with —
greater job insecurity, ° Throurh the institution of the nuclear family, tt
keeps women Lsolated from eaoh other and unable to share common experiences
and rroblems. The nuclear femily bastows on the economy a ‘free, domestic
labor force that keeps its male workers well-fed and taken eardof, nogates,
the need for government-spsnsored dayenre centors, and Rives, oppressed tt ae .
male werkers their own slave to dominnte 80 tha tthey wn'tt take their eT
frustrations out on the ruling class mene oe
We see Feminist hevolution as our primary focus as vo men revolutionaries.
Feminist Kevolution insures the liberation of women » “Tt has ‘three T oeeeall
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prémory targets against which we flpht. They aret a) sexicm, ‘b) clession
and c) rnciem, ‘fe sce sexism as thdpaste form of oppression, ‘refined we a
through thdgenturtes until its development into the sophisticated, ail1-per-
vasive form ve have todry, whéch gives the {llud on of freedom at times =
without renily giving any af all. We rcalize this sad fact. and we are yy
soing to have to take our freedom. ee ae ° Bohn Roo!
All tho struseles of tho oppressed people must vork hand in hand. As
oppressed people, women have a reallstake in revolutton(much more shan white - zd
men) and can, therefore, better identify with and understand Third World and ; mae
class struggles, Althouch the vig media characterizes the Women's MOvement
as white and middle-class and, to a mreat extent, it is, we eonsider Fem-
fnitst hevolution a untfvine platform for all races abd classes of women, see
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