{"id":2077,"date":"2022-03-08T14:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:42:13","slug":"against-the-oppression-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/2022-03-08\/against-the-oppression-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Against the oppression of women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_q\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"id_5f723df0a95fa2a75608377\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\">\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;An integral part of the struggle for socialism is the struggle against the oppression of women in society and within the family and against repression based on gender and age within the existing authoritarian family, which is a cell and a scaled-down replica of repressive class society&#8221;.<\/strong><\/em> (from Matzpen <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/about-matzpen\/basic-principles\/\">Basic Principles<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder Against women&#8217;s oppression (in Hebrew and Arabic), Matzpen&#8217;s bloc in the 1979, 1st May demonstration in Tel Aviv<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/feminist-symbol.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1772 size-full lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"264\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/feminist-symbol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"264\"><\/noscript><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Recommended reading on the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Day, March 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Khamsin no.6 (1978): <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/category\/khamsin\/khamsin-6\/\">Women in the Arab World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Khamsin no.7 (1979): <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/1980-07-10\/zionism-demography-and-womens-work\/\">Zionism, demography and women\u2019s work<\/a>, by Avishai Ehrlich<\/li>\n<li>Khamsin no.8 (1981): Book review: <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/1981-07-10\/book-review-nawal-saadawis-the-hidden-face-of-eve-magida-salman\/\">Nawal Saadawi\u2019s \u201cThe Hidden Face of Eve\u201d<\/a>, by Magida Salman (Mai Ghoussoub)<\/li>\n<li>Khamsin no.11 (1984): <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/1984-12-10\/the-womens-question-difficulties-of-feminism-in-turkey-%e2%80%92-pembenaz-yorgun\/\">The Women\u2019s Question &amp; Difficulties of Feminism in Turkey<\/a>, by Pembenaz Yorgun<\/li>\n<li>Khamsin no.13 (1987): <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/category\/khamsin\/khamsin-13\/\">Women in the Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Khamsin no.14, (1989): <a href=\"https:\/\/matzpen.org\/english\/1989-02-10\/palestinian-women-triple-burden-single-struggle\/\">Palestinian Women: Triple Burden, Single Struggle<\/a>, by Rosemary Sayigh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recommended reading on the occasion of International Women&#8217;s Day, March 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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