From Female To Female Liberation

Vogel is a well-known American Marxist feminist, her research on women’s issues inaccordance with the theory of Marxism, the emancipation of women have some degrees ofrepresentation. Especially in the sense of social reproduction, Vogel think of WesternMarxism feminism the material basis of women’s oppression adhere to the basic theory ofMarxism, recognize that the responsibility of the women bear the social reproduction isunchanged, but she realized that that protect the reproduction of the material conditions andsocial relations have changed or even disappeared from history, just from social systemconsiderations may not be able to systematically deal with the problems of family and womenoppressed. Only start from the dual relationship of capitalism and patriarchy, that can reallysolve women’s issues in the sense that mutual integration of two kinds of reproduction.Therefore,start from Marx’s economic areas, while a comprehensive analysis of Marxisteconomic theory and the theory of women’s liberation, that "Marx sectors of the economy wasindeed pointed out the direction for understanding of role of women in domestic labor and thecapitalist economy; Marx provides a theoretical basis for discussion, in the special mode ofproduction, women and family issues on general social reproduction was capitalist relations.Made comments on future of the family and relationship between the sexes from perspectivesocial reproduction. The development of capitalism created a new economic foundation formore forms of the relationship between the family and gender." On this basis, Vogel furtheranalysis of material production and labor productivity, in the concept of socially necessarylabor and surplus labor, unpaid domestic labor in capitalist paid the wages of labor and family.Pointed out the essence of the reproduction of labor through marriage and family, so as tosatisfy the needs of capitalist, illustrates the material conditions of family gender differences.That kind of understanding provide some inspiration for feminist problems------women’sissues is not only between men and women of gender issues,but also involves interests ofhumanity as a whole matter of choice. Also provides the women transferred to the field oflabor on family and social separation from the criticism of capitalism and gender system, faceup to the reproduction of labor an important role in up. Of course Vogel’s theory is not perfect,her flaw is not concerned about the theme of contemporary feminist concern, includingpsychological, ideological, put ideological and cultural issues aside, resultant understandwomen’s issues, incomplete and women’s issues effectively solve the path is not practical.