Women and the family under Brezhnev Flashcards

1
Q

Larger numbers of women joined the Party after 1953. Between 1956 and 1983 the proportion of women in the Party increased from…

A

19.7 per cent to 26 per cent

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2
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Women were never more than ___ per cent of the Central Committee between 1953 and 1985

A

4

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3
Q

Increased participation of women in the workforce and an increasingly educated female population did not lead to…

A

a rise in the proportion of women in government

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4
Q

What did Brezhnev continue to stress?

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The centrality of the family to Soviet life

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5
Q

Under Brezhnev much less was done to try to improve…

A

the status of women. Officially, the government proclaimed that sexual equality had been achieved

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6
Q

The lack of women in the most senior jobs in industry, agriculture and government was explained by…

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women’s “natural” desire to focus on their families

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7
Q

The government banned information about…

A

women’s campaigns in the West being reported in the Soviet press in order to try to suppress debates about women’s roles and sexual oppression

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8
Q

Brezhnev tended to think of women primarily as…

A

unskilled workers whose prime goal was having children

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9
Q

Sexual morality was strict - provide evidence to support this claim

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  • Male homosexuality was a crime
  • Lesbianism was a mental disorder
  • Sex was about making babies rather than pleasure
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10
Q

Within the home _____ ____ endured. By ___, official figures indicated that women spent twice as much time doing _____ _____ as men. Brezhnev viewed this as part of the _____ ____ and applauded women for their _____. As noted above, Brezhnev’s main concern was for women to have more ____ and to look after them ____. Therefore the government did _____ to address _____ _____ in _____ labour

A

traditional
roles
domestic
chores
natural order
sacrifice
babies
properly
nothing
sexual
inequality
domestic

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11
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Brezhnev did introduce some reforms to make women’s lives easier - give an example

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He lowered the pension age for women from 60 to 55

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