Suchergebnisse

A REVIEW OF: WIRE SERVICE (ED.), NICARAGUAN WOMEN AND THE REVOLUTION, NEW YORK: WIRE SERVICE (2700 BROADWAY: RM. 7, NEW YORK 10025), N.D. PP. 32. $3.00. WIRE SERVICE (ED), WOMEN AND WAR-EL SALVADOR, NEW YORK: WIRE SERVICE, N.D. PP. 45. $3.00. THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS ESCALATES WITH EACH COUNTRY'S INVOLVEMENT. IN NICARAGUA, 30 PERCENT OF THE FIGHTING FORCES WERE WOMEN, AND THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT AN EVEN LARGER PERCENTAGE IS PARTICIPATING IN EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA.1 THESE FIGURES ARE REMARKABLE FOR ANY SOCIETY BUT ARE EVEN MORE REMARKABLE IN SOCIETIES WHICH ARE TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED "MACHISTA." THE IMPLICATIONS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO RECEIVE THE ATTENTION AND ANALYSIS WHICH OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN STRUGGLES HAVE BEEN GIVEN. AS VICTIMS OF IMPERIALISM, CENTRAL AMERICAN WOMEN AND MEN ARE SIMILARLY EXPLOITED. BOTH SUFFER UNDER AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM CHARACTERIZED BY SEASONAL LABOR, LONG PERIODS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, LOW WAGES, EXPENSIVE HEALTH CARE, AND HIGH ILLITERACY, THOUGH THE ILLITERACY RATE IS DOUBLE FOR WOMEN.