Capitalism and sexual assault: Toward a more comprehensive understanding

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15. yes--enlightenment ideal of individual based on Man (and owning "means" of reproduction: woman)

Like I said, I butchered Pateman's book (she's a feminist philosopher), but she gets precisely into what you're talking about. I actually gave my copy of _The Sexual Contract_ to my friend Stan Goff in 2005 and finally told him to just keep it because he just loved it so much--you'll find a lot he wrote about it on his blog, Feral Scholar, in 2005-6. In fact, if you googled that you'd find some wonderful commentary on this topic applicable here.

That's a great point about socialist societies. The slowly evolving socialist countries in Scandinavia are more woman friendly, and while they have roots in Viking societies, which were as violent and rapacious and any other, I think those societies were a little (emphasis on little) more tolerant of female independence even 1500 years ago.