HIEU 140 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Black Market, Berlin Wall, Domestic Violence
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Hieu 140 textbook notes women in 20th century europe, ch 6: women in the soviet. The power of the powerless: women in politics: women right to vote and hold office, totalitarian states where decisions were decided by a small group of leaders, which women were. : marriage and the family: central to communism was reform of marriage and the family. "be(cid:272)ause (cid:373)ost fa(cid:373)ilies had little a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to the se(cid:396)(cid:448)i(cid:272)es of t(cid:396)ades(cid:373)e(cid:374), (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed a (cid:449)ide (cid:396)a(cid:374)ge of do-it-yourself skills, which they used to both remodel their own homes and to earn money in the underground economy. By contrast, housework, cooking, shopping, and childcare were defined as female skills, "naturally" suited to women but demeaning to men: women didn"t have access to labor-saving appliances like in the west. Supplies low that women had to spend hours shopping to find things, and sometimes came home empty-handed after waiting in line for hours: marrying young.
