More on the Political Economy of Women's Liberation

Abstract

In the September 1969 issue of Monthly Review there is an article by Margaret Benston on The Political Economy of Women's Liberation. She defines women as group of people who are responsible for the production of simple usevalues in those activities associated with the home and family. Further, they are denied an active place in the market and remain a very convenient and elastic part of the industrial reserve army. While agreeing with Benston's analysis of women's role in the home, we feel that the changing sex composition of the labor force since the Second World War belies her emphasis on women as houseworkers, which minimizes their role as wage laborers. This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website , where most recent articles are published in full. Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.