The Intersection of Patriarchy, Capitalism and Women in Turkey

It can be argued that capitalism and patriarchy are the terms which are existing with the support of each other. This dualistic relationship will be always a subject for the feminists who are fighting against. The overcoming struggle against the sexual, racial, and generational hierarchies built upon the wage has no ending point in both academy and the everday life, on the streets. As Federici argues (2008),‘‘ the lesson of the feminist movement is still crucial today. Feminists in the seventies tried to understand the roots of women‘s oppression, of women‘s exploitation and gender hierarchies. They describe them as stemming from a unequal division of labor forcing women to work for the reproduction of the working class.‘‘ In that sense it is imprtant to analyze and working together with the housewives and the home-based workers at the conflict level. Altough there are various of theories it is important to analyze and interpret how these theories can convert themselves in to the practices among the women in everday life.