A Study on the Marxist Feminist Philosophy and Patriarchy in Bangladeshi Society," IDEAS: A Journal of Literature, Arts, and Culture

Abstract

Marxist feminism is borne out in feminist theory as well as politics which take its theoretical postulations from Marxism, popularized as the criticism of capitalism as a set of structures, practices, institutions, incentives and sensibilities that promote the exploitation of labor, the alienation of human beings, and the debasement of freedom. Concerning the Marxist feminist, empowerment and equality for women cannot be achieved with the framework of capitalism. Marxist feminism thus distinguishes itself from other modes of feminist thought and politics by attending critically and systematically to the economic organization of societies, including stratification along the lines of class; by refusing to accord the category of "women" separate and special status, without regard to class; by its commitment to the overthought of capitalism; and by its allegiance to working-class and impoverishing and marginalizing women.