One path leads to a scorched planet where human life is immiserated to the point of unrecognizability, if indeed it remains possible at all. In sharp contrast to Sandberg’s liberal feminism, the organizers of the huelga feminista insist on ending capitalism: the system that generates the boss, produces national borders, and manufactures the drones that guard them.įaced with these two visions of feminism, we find ourselves at a fork in the road, and our choice bears extraordinary consequences for humankind. This is a remarkable vision of equal opportunity domination: one that asks ordinary people, in the name of feminism, to be grateful that it is a woman, not a man, who busts their union, orders a drone to kill their parent, or locks their child in a cage at the border. They want a world where the task of managing exploitation in the workplace and oppression in the social whole is shared equally by ruling-class men and women. On the one hand, Sandberg and her ilk see feminism as a handmaiden of capitalism. These two voices represent opposing paths for the feminist movement. for rebellion and a struggle against the alliance of the patriarchy and capitalism that wants us to be obedient, submissive and quiet.” As the sun set over Madrid and Barcelona, the feminist strikers announced to the world, “On March 8 we cross our arms, interrupt all productive and reproductive activity,” declaring they would not “accept worse working conditions, nor being paid less than men for the same work.” Joined by more than 5 million marchers, organizers of the twenty-four-hour huelga feminista called for “a society free of sexist oppression, exploitation and violence. That same spring, a militant feminist strike shut down Spain.

As former chief of staff to US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers-the man who deregulated Wall Street-she had no qualms about counseling women that success won through toughness in the business world was the royal road to gender equality.

In the spring of 2018, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the world that we “would be a lot better off if half of all countries and companies were run by women and half of all homes were run by men,” and that “we shouldn’t be satisfied until we reach that goal.” A leading exponent of corporate feminism, Sandberg had already made a name (and a buck) for herself by urging women managers to “lean in” at the company board- room.

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