How does Redstockings’ analysis of women’s inequality differ from NOW’s?Who is the intended audience of this document? Explain your answer.Put it in context*: Do Redstockings’ analysis and rhetoric reveal the influence of other protest movements in the 1960s? 13:45 1REDSTOCKINGS MANIFESTO.docxI After centuries of individual and preliminary politicalstruggle, women are uniting to achieve their final liberation frommale supremacy. Redstockings is dedicated to building thisunity and winning our freedom.II Women are an oppressed class. Our oppression is total,affecting every facet of our lives. We are exploited as sexobjects, breeders, domestic servants, and cheap labor. We areconsidered inferior beings, whose only purpose is to enhancemen's lives. Our humanity is denied. Our prescribed behavior isenforced by the threat of physical violence.Because we have lived so intimately with our oppressors, inisolation from each other, we have been kept from seeing ourpersonal suffering as a political condition. This creates theillusion that a woman's relationship with her man is a matter ofinterplay between two unique personalities, and can be workedout individually. In reality, every such relationship isa class relationship, and the conflicts between individual menand women are political conflicts that can only be solvedcollectively.III We identify the agents of our oppression as men. Malesupremacy is the oldest, most basic form of domination. Allother forms of exploitation and oppression (racism, capitalism,imperialism, etc.) are extensions of male supremacy: mendominate women, a few men dominate the rest. All powerstructures throughout history have been male-dominated andmale-oriented. Men have controlled all political, economic andcultural institutions and backed up this control with physicalforce. They have used their power to keep women in an inferiorposition. All men receive economic, sexual, and psychologicalbenefits from male supremacy. All men have oppressed women.IV Attempts have been made to shift the burden ofresponsibility from men to institutions or to women themselves.We condemn these arguments as evasions. Institutions alone donot oppress; they are merely tools of the oppressor. To blameinstitutions implies that men and women are equally victimized,obscures the fact that men benefit from the subordination ofwomen, and gives men the excuse that they are forced to beoppressors. On the contrary, any man is free to renounce hissuperior position, provided that he is willing to be treated like awoman by other men.We also reject the idea that women consent to or are to blame fortheir own oppression. Women's submission is not the result ofbrain-washing, stupidity or mental illness but of continual, dailypressure from men. We do not need to change ourselves, but tochange men.The most slanderous evasion of all is that women can oppressmen. The basis for this illusion is the isolation of individualrelationships from their political context and the tendency ofmen to see any legitimate challenge to their privileges aspersecution.Dashboard000000Calendar6To DoNotifications483Inbox 13:45 1REDSTOCKINGS MANIFESTO.docxbrain-washing, stupidity or mental illness but of continual, dailypressure from men. We do not need to change ourselves, but tochange men.The most slanderous evasion of all is that women can oppressmen. The basis for this illusion is the isolation of individualrelationships from their political context and the tendency ofmen to see any legitimate challenge to their privileges aspersecution.V We regard our personal experience, and our feelings aboutthat experience, as the basis for an analysis of our commonsituation. We cannot rely on existing ideologies as they are allproducts of male supremacist culture. We question everygeneralization and accept none that are not confirmed by ourexperience.Our chief task at present is to develop female classconsciousness through sharing experience and publicly exposingthe sexist foundation of all our institutions. Consciousness-raising is not "therapy," which implies the existence ofindividual solutions and falsely assumes that the male-femalerelationship is purely personal, but the only method by which wecan ensure that our program for liberation is based on theconcrete realities of our lives.The first requirement for raising class consciousness is honesty,in private and in public, with ourselves and other women.VI We identify with all women. We define our best interest asthat of the poorest, most brutally exploited woman.We repudiate all economic, racial, educational or statusprivileges that divide us from other women. We are determinedto recognize and eliminate any prejudices we may hold againstother women.We are committed to achieving internal democracy. We will dowhatever is necessary to ensure that every woman in ourmovement has an equal chance to participate, assumeresponsibility, and develop her political potential.VII We call on all our sisters to unite with us in struggle.We call on all men to give up their male privilege and supportwomen's liberation in the interest of our humanity and theirown.In fighting for our liberation we will always take the side ofwomen against their oppressors. We will not ask what is"revolutionary" or "reformist," only what is good for women.The time for individual skirmishes has passed. This time we aregoing all the way.Source: https://www.redstockings.org/index.php/rs-manifestoDashboard000000Calendar6To DoNotifications483Inbox

The 1960s was considered a period of social change in America. During this period, different movements took place in the country such as Civil Rights Movement, Women's Liberation Movement, anti-Vietnam War Protests, etc. Among all these movements, the Women's Liberation Movement was significant and it was led by different groups such as Redstockings and National Organization for Women. Both these organizations were formed in the 1960s to provide equality to women and they succeeded in achieving their motive. The explanation for the 1st subpart: The Redstockings and NOW's analysis of women's inequality does not have too much difference, but the ways used by them to achieve gender equality have some significant differences. Both these organizations believed that the patriarchal society oppressed women and did not provide them with equal opportunities. Still, there is one significant difference as the Redstockings organization states that all men are responsible for women's inequality. Whereas, NOW states that the conservative government is the one mainly responsible for women's inequality. The Restocking's believed that women did not possess any freedom and that every social, economic, and political institution is dominated by men. In contrast, NOW believed that in the 1960s women had a significant influence on economic, political, and social institutions. They were the ones who controlled the economy during the First and Second World Wars. They also became part of the political institutions. The Redstockings believed in women's liberation as they were of the view that up to the 1960s women did not achieve anything significant. Whereas, NOW focused on women's rights such as the right to abortion, and enacting laws to end sexual harassment. The Redstockings is a radical group that believed in revolutionary ideas to achieve women's equality. But, NOW is a liberal group that used lobbying, filing cases with Supreme Court, and organizing marches to fetch the attention of the government towards the issue of women's inequality. The explanation for the 2nd subpart: The intended audience of this document is men and women from all over the world. This manifesto tries to gain support not only from women, but also ask men to give up all their privileges and support women in this movement. This manifesto, states that men are the ones responsible for women's inequality and thus it is their duty to now stand with women and support the women's liberation movement. The explanation for the 3rd subpart: Redstocking's analysis and rhetoric reveal the influence of other protest movements of the 1960s on this radical organization. The Black Power Movement can be said as the protest movement that influenced Redstockings. The Black Power Movement blamed White Americans for the inequality of African Americans. In the same way, radical feminists blamed all men for women's inequality.

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How does Redstockings’ analysis of women’s inequality differ from NOW’s? Who is the intended audience of this document? Explain your answer. Put it in context*: Do Redstockings’ analysis and rhetoric reveal the influence of other protest movements in the 1960s?

How does Redstockings’ analysis of women’s inequality differ from NOW’s? Who is the intended audience of this document? Explain your answer. Put it in context*: Do Redstockings’ analysis and rhetoric reveal the influence of other protest movements in the 1960s?