IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Women's status - the law won't change it

· Socialist Challenge No. 94, 1 May 1979 · p. 6 of the scan · 408 words

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page 6 of the scan

Bolshevik leaders correctly proposed, that means socialiall NECE Thatcher has won considerable support because she is a all the Guardian Tweedie gave this view a real boost in her column when she argued the indisputable modcl that a women prime minister propaganda would be for our daughers was far nore Thatcher's policies Even Harold Wilson commented last week that if his wife voted Tory this time it would be because of cher'ssex.

But Thateber has been cager and to play down hersex. I got here would be through ability; workers' 'Warnen all long before women's Eb.

The conclusion/ The reason that so few women make it, is that there are so few women with 'ability the are to 1o Jobs, action training by the cannot -fear or al struggle to on the and prejudices that are an obstacle to the choose io live. mobilisation to overturn cren the most intimate social relations is difficult to magine.

towards Bur only by basing itself on such self-organisation can a workers' state guarantee it will of not take the bureaucratic path of the existing post-capitalis all the socialist societies. These leaders fear the challenge posed by the degree of self-activity needed to tackle women's oppression. MARGARET Thatcher told an audience in Glasgow on Thursday just what she thinks of women.

*I didn't get here by being some strident female. I do not like strident females. I like people who have ability, who do not run the feminist ticket too hard."

With statements like that it is hard to see that she is running the feminist ticket at all.

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