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Assignment 4 Feminism and Marxism

When the land started to become privatized and work was changed into a free wage labor market, almost all women lost their production jobs such as working on the field. Instead, they were degraded to the point where almost anything they did was seen as housekeeping or helping the man. This started happening because women lost their land, or a common area, where they could talk to other women and share ideas without the influence of males. It was also harder for women to work production jobs and travel since they had to take care of children or would get pregnant which meant it was harder for them to do the job even if they were available. This caused many women to riot which eventually lead to them being arrested and further degraded.

When women did any work it was seen as housekeeping work no matter what it was and that they were working for the men. If there was women working in production, it was only cause they were seen as there to help their husbands. In France, women were expected to register their pregnancies and weren’t allowed to terminate them. Contraception was also made illegal,  These laws were of course made by men. There was a huge emphasis on women keeping their babies because more children meant that in the future, there would be more people working in production if they were male. Women being pregnant and giving birth was also eventually credited to the men who were doctors in society instead of the women. The men were said to be giving life even though it was the women who had the baby in her womb and gave birth. This system was seen as profitable since both men and especially women were getting paid less than how much the products they made would be sold for, which meant more money for the state.