SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Swapping

Socialist Action No. 10, 20 May 1983 · p. 10 of the scan · 207 words

The scan: 010-may-20-1983-SA-UK.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

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women swapping roles, but for these ' Although men may be beginning io ao Just a utte more aomesnc labour and most married women are by now part of the paid labour force ...the division of roles itself has only arisen in the context of a gender...that the roles of breadwinner and houseperson were there THE FIRST STEP towards such an alternative should be to introduce in households rather than families. Less than one third of the population live on households and the This is already the case wIlll Domestic Violence Act which applies both to married and common law of this kind should be _LaWS extended to take account of all type of property laws, taxation and benefits which currently take as their starting point a married couple. But it should also mean that violence within the people and children cared for in the home should be made where possible.

Likewise payment should be made ledgement of home This should not be seen as inducement for women to stay at home, but as the creation of independent relationships within the family. Neither should it be as Wlnln cenkl and Anna Coote urge such a strategy in their book Sweet Freedom when Lilsok

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