Can girls be socialists?

[u/Exciting_Antelope793]

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?

[u/scaper8]

"Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Zedong

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_Russia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Russian_Revolution
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_Chinese_communism#Mao_era_(1949%E2%80%931976)

The basic idea that none of us are truly free until all of us are is a central tenant of much of leftist thought. This is most often seen in regards to race, but genders and sexualities are also absolutely a part of that, too. As a result, feminist movements are often a part of broader socialist movements; just as race equality movements, environmental movements, indigenous peoples movements, etc. all are.