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Allie Wilson
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“One precondition for capitalist development was the ‘disciplining of the body’ (Foucault) - an attempt by state and church to transform the individual’s powers into labour-power. [In 16th century Western Europe], most affected by the Protestant Reformation and the rising mercantile bourgeoisie, emerging in every field was… a reconceptualisation of Judeo-Christian themes to produce a new anthropological paradigm.”
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Allie Wilson
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“The criminalisation of women’s control over procreation is a phenomenon whose importance cannot be overemphasised [in] its consequences for the capitalist organisation of work… Indeed, forcing women to produce children for the state, … the banning of prostitution, and expulsion of women from the organised workplace [saw] the reconstruction of the family as the locus for the production of labour-power.”
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Allie Wilson
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I am loving this book. Who knew pre vs post-Renaissance obstetric practices were so interesting!!
“While in the Middle Ages women had been able to use various forms of contraception, and had exercised an undisputed control over the birthing process, from now on their wombs became public territory, controlled by men and the state, and procreation was directly placed at the service of capitalist accumulation.”
— Jun 17, 2026 07:56PM
“While in the Middle Ages women had been able to use various forms of contraception, and had exercised an undisputed control over the birthing process, from now on their wombs became public territory, controlled by men and the state, and procreation was directly placed at the service of capitalist accumulation.”
Allie Wilson
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I never thought I would learn so much about class relations under feudal serfdom during the 12th and 13th centuries. I loveeeee itttt!!!
— Jun 10, 2026 07:47PM
Allie Wilson
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Omg guys… get ready to be SICK of me
“[Patriarchy is essential to capitalism because capitalism requires] a social system of production that does not recognise the production and reproduction of the worker as a social-economic activity, and a source of capital accumulation, but mystifies it instead as a natural resource or a personal service, while profiting from the wageless condition of the labor involved.”
— May 12, 2026 02:42AM
“[Patriarchy is essential to capitalism because capitalism requires] a social system of production that does not recognise the production and reproduction of the worker as a social-economic activity, and a source of capital accumulation, but mystifies it instead as a natural resource or a personal service, while profiting from the wageless condition of the labor involved.”
