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Gender and its relation to capitalism
Professor MARY DAVIS draws out the distinctions between oppression and discrimination under capitalist society

THE Morning Star has bravely entered the troubled and often choppy waters of the debate on gender identity with last week’s roundtable discussion

Clearly there are different sides and many nuances within this debate, which is often beset by a wave of intolerance that not only clouds the subject but, from a Marxist perspective, diverts us from objective substantive analysis. 

The essence of the problem is a failure to understand two underlying issues. 

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