What the Pool is reading this week!

November 11, 2018 Kristen Ghodsee

MARISA BATE IS READING… WHY WOMEN HAVE BETTER SEX UNDER SOCIALISM BY KRISTEN R GHODSEE Thanks to Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn (in part, at least), the number of young people identifying as socialist is rocketing, and now academic Kristen R Ghodsee is making the feminist argument for some of the policies adopted by socialist states, which, she claims, resulted in women having better sex. The book is born out of a New York Times op-ed she wrote, which points to a study that found women in socialist East Germany had more orgasms than those in capitalist West Germany. As Ghodsee goes on to explore in her book, a government that funds childcare, encourages women into the workforce and supports women into economic independence significantly increases women's happiness. Ghodsee is an academic, but the tone is accessible and relatable. She's quick to point out the significant failings of communist states, while illuminating some of the brilliant, but often forgotten, women in and around the socialist movement. • BUY Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism by Kristen R. Ghodsee or pop in to your local bookshop.

https://www.the-pool.com/arts-culture/books/2018/45/this-week-we-re-reading-November-9