Feminist capitalism

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The sale of t-shirts with feminist slogans is often criticized because the majority of global textile production is carried out by women in countries of the global South under conditions of labor exploitation.

Purple capitalism or feminist capitalism is a term used to describe, from a critical perspective, the incorporation of some principles of the feminist movement into capitalism and the market economy. [4] [5] [6] [7]

The critique of capitalism in terms of feminism is based on several arguments. First, that the integration of women into the labor market has not led towards a more horizontal and egalitarian socio-economic model. Additionally, gender wage gaps persist, [8] and care work has not been evenly distributed, remaining predominantly shouldered by women. [9]

There is also scrutiny regarding how feminism is instrumentalized to sell products (such as music or clothing). This instrumentation is criticized because the feminist message loses its political significance and becomes merely a trend. These products do not question the production conditions of the majority of global textiles. [1] [2] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Yu, Zoe (10 October 2023). "Just How Feminist is Your "Girl Power" T-Shirt?". Harvard Political Review.
  2. 1 2 Sansón, Daniela (22 December 2019). "La ciencia económica se olvidó de las mujeres". PeriFéricas: Escuela de feminismos alternativos (in Spanish).
  3. ↑ Bardaji Goikoetxea, Itziar (6 March 2019). "De feminismos y gaztetxes". Pikara Magazine (in Spanish).
  4. ↑ Fraser, Nancy (14 October 2013). "How feminism became capitalism's handmaiden - and how to reclaim it". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Ehrlich, Howard J. (1996). AK Press (ed.). Reinventing Anarchy, Again. AK Press. ISBN   9781873176887.
  6. ↑ Loe, Meika (1999). "Feminism for Sale: Case Study of a Pro-Sex Feminist Business" . Gender and Society. 13 (6): 705–732. doi:10.1177/089124399013006003. JSTOR   190437. S2CID   145250693.
  7. ↑ Vivancos Núñez, Beatriz. "Marchas nocturnas 24N. Burgos (2017 - 2018)" (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ "A falácia do capitalismo feminista: paridade entre gêneros levará mais 257 anos para ser atingida". Esquerda Diario (in Portuguese). 17 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Durán, Ramón Fernández; Reyes, Luis González (2018). En la espiral de la energía. Colapso del capitalismo global y civilizatorio (PDF) (in Spanish). Libros en Acción. ISBN   978-84-947850-7-8.
  10. ↑ "Ernesto Castro: "El trap es un fenómeno de gente que quiere volver a sentirse joven"". Yorokobu (in Spanish). 1 October 2019.
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