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i] 1¢ The ruling class through tts bourgecis ferinist mouthrieces and: CIA éreratives lfke Gloria Steinam eraises the success of a few omen who “make-i{t'" in the cut-throat ‘bus! ness vorld anc rr-jeets them as tn indication of the resnonsiveness of the system, “or tro miny middle class women, feminism is a fad, a search for self fulfillment in isolation frem the plicht of the miss of poor and errresred,. 1 ile e Sourseodis Teminists often esk toa cuestion: ‘ay don't voor women, especially sleek and Erovn vomen, relate to the ‘romen's rovenent?" These feminists fail to understand thet 1& is imoonsible Tor poopy and vorline women to relate to a vromen's movement whose avr core wemvership of White micdle class vomen doesn't mue any atteimot to oncerstand the level of oneression of women and men in the tover classes who ere opnoressed ny thetr class 2osition RECRAIT and ix recisn os well as sexism. This sevnsent of the vroswen’s moverent hy reforms that focus on one norrow issue er s nother, murnist/ end divert attention RAY from the need for a socialist revolution. a 9 ut iw » d 3 OQ Qo Oo iw ch 0 Some redical feminists put forward a seraratist ideology that sees all men as the enemy. Ail tne sisters of the SLA ovrese this strategy for change. ‘ie see tnat both™men and ween suffer fron the or-ress’on of US imvoertalism and we know that sexism can't be strueried arainst unless fren and wamen work topether. At the same time, re recomni-e that it's often imrortant for women to form sera- rate -t thin tneir celts ond organizations or to form separate caucuses rart {cular RroUrs to deal with svcecific nrobiems resulting from cexism -r to sce7mmlish particular objectives thet can be achieved rope succeszfully or more practically through seneration. dork ing sersrately £3 often the frundat'on for building a stronger fam of ontts betveen «women and men.