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Podcast: Smart Talk
Episode: Kim Hill speaks with Dr Kristen Ghodsee about her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
Description: Kim Hill speaks with Dr Kristen Ghodsee about her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism in this highlight from the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival writers' programme.Is Capitalism bad for women?Dr Kristen Ghodsee asserted as such in a NY Times opinion piece that went viral and led to her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence.Drawing upon decades of research, Ghodsee argues that capitalism suppresses women, who are happier and healthier in societies which value a smaller gap between those with wealth...