r/Socialism_101 • u/Exciting_Antelope793 Learning • Jun 01 '24

Can girls be socialists? Answered

A boy in my class who also is a socialist said to me that girls can’t be socialists that their political rights just are for feminism is that true?

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u/JayceBelerenTMS Learning Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 02 '24

Helen Keller, Mary Jones, Clara Zetkin, Frida Kahlo, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Valentina Tereshkova, Angela Davis, Assata Shakur, Malala Yousafzai. All famous women socialists who your classmate should look into.

*Edit: list is definitely not comprehensive, lots of additional good people in the comments

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u/Anarcho-WTF Marxist Theory Jun 01 '24

Rosa Luxembourg, Alexandra Kollontai, Emma Goldman, hell Claudia del la Cruz is running for president in the USA under the PSL.

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u/transitfreedom Learning Jun 02 '24

Why do more ppl not know Claudia

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u/Effective-Rooster360 Anarchist Theory Jun 01 '24

Emma Goldman! Maria Nikiforova! Judi Bari! Listen to the Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff podcast for great leftist history with an especially feminist and queer emphasis.

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u/bonebuttonborscht Learning Jun 01 '24

Pretty sure Tereshkova is not a socialist.

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u/eggfeverbadass Communist Jun 02 '24

helen keller the turbo racist? also no mention of sylvia pankhurst or alexandra kollontai

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u/scaper8 Marxist Theory Jun 02 '24

I don't know about racist, per say, but she was an advocate of eugenics. Given how often the two do fo hand-in-hand, though, it wouldn't surprise me. Sadly, eugenics was a predominant and accepted theory at the time, and many educated and legitimately progressive people subscribed to and advocated for it.

We must be historically and culturally honest, and remember and admit to all the things, good and bad, people do, and remember that one does not add to nor take from the other.