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Women in academia under capitalism, as portrayed by western media: Look at these brave and valiant minds, breaking down gender norms and their oppression, they’re so much smarter than their male counterparts and they’re proving it!
Women in academia under communism, as portrayed by western media: They’re being oppressed into working in fields they do not want to, they’re not champions of the international feminist movement, they’re slaves to commie men! so evil!
I remember listening to an episode Rev Left Radio and the guest, Kristen Ghodsee, said that at the point when US had a 1,000 women in universities, the Soviet Union had 10,000. My numbers may be off but the idea was something like this.
