The burden of caring. (Soviet women writers)

From: The Nation | Date: June 13, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

The Burden of Caring

Arecent Soviet television programfeatured two exhibitions from foreign countries, one of Japanese cars and the other of French fashions. With all the assurance of an American TV host of twenty years ago, the announcer stated that the former "will interest men' while the latter is "for the women.' In spite of the revolutionary principle of equal rights, women in the Soviet Union have always been treated as a special category, with a particular set of needs and interests formulated and ratified by men. Chief among them is the family, where a woman's role ...

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