![]() ![]() ![]() “Production and consumption are now divided by the world market to an unprecedented degree”. Rather than meeting their own needs, production in developing countries was promoted to meet the demands of markets in developed countries. In Chapter 3 ( ‘Colonization and Housewifization’) she outlined how wealth and growth in Western countries was based on exploitation of the colonies, where countries, dominated by colonial powers became the producers of consumer goods for rich countries. I have written previously about Maria Mies’ thesis on how the success of the accumulation of capitalism has been dependent on patriarchy and the oppression and exploitation of women. Maria Mies: Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale Women in the International Division of Labour “The whole strategy is based on a patriarchal, sexist, racist ideology of women which defines women basically as housewives and sex objects.” ![]()
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