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In the 1920s, Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai argued that sexual desire was as natural as thirst, a view later nicknamed the “Glass of Water theory.”
She believed love should be free, equal, and rooted in comradeship!
The idea emerged in a remarkable period of debate in the early Soviet Union, when the state legalized abortion, abolished church marriage, and created communal facilities to free women from domestic labor.
Over time, the conversation narrowed, but the questions she raised remain revolutionary!
#Kollontai #marxism #SovietHistory #marxistFeminism #history
In the 1920s, Bolshevik feminist Alexandra Kollontai argued that sexual desire was as natural as thirst, a view later nicknamed the “Glass of Water theory.”
She believed love should be free, equal, and rooted in comradeship!
The idea emerged in a remarkable period of debate in the early Soviet Union, when the state legalized abortion, abolished church marriage, and created communal facilities to free women from domestic labor.
Over time, the conversation narrowed, but the questions she raised remain revolutionary!
#Kollontai #marxism #SovietHistory #marxistFeminism #history
