http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/the-struggle-for-womens-equality-in-latin-america/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/the-struggle-for-womens-equality-in-latin-america/#comment-41092 Barry99 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:09:07 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7207#comment-41092 The Soviet Union encouraged women in the workplace. So the USSR had many female engineers, physicians, professors, etc. - and women also worked in heavy industry and farming as well. Trouble is, Russian society/culture had not caught up with this notion - and the average Russian male expected his wife to do the housework as well. This is known as the 'Double Day' -something women around the world must deal with to varying degrees (and that would certainly include American women). So I note with some satisfaction the degree of progress being made by women in Latin America, albeit in fits and starts. I'm wondering how the double-day plays out in the region. I see Cuba mandates equality in domestic chores. How that has gone is especially interesting. The Soviet Union encouraged women in the workplace. So the USSR had many female engineers, physicians, professors, etc. – and women also worked in heavy industry and farming as well. Trouble is, Russian society/culture had not caught up with this notion – and the average Russian male expected his wife to do the housework as well. This is known as the ‘Double Day’ -something women around the world must deal with to varying degrees (and that would certainly include American women). So I note with some satisfaction the degree of progress being made by women in Latin America, albeit in fits and starts. I’m wondering how the double-day plays out in the region. I see Cuba mandates equality in domestic chores. How that has gone is especially interesting.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/the-struggle-for-womens-equality-in-latin-america/#comment-41090 Barry99 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:02:27 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7207#comment-41090 Moderator - I think you want to correct the blur at the end on Ms. GOODMAN's last name - something I couldn't get right either. Moderator – I think you want to correct the blur at the end on Ms. GOODMAN’s last name – something I couldn’t get right either.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/03/the-struggle-for-womens-equality-in-latin-america/#comment-41089 Barry99 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:55:29 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=7207#comment-41089 Moderator - I think you want to correct the blurb at the end on Ms. Goodson's last name. Moderator – I think you want to correct the blurb at the end on Ms. Goodson’s last name.

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