The family

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Attitude towards the family, 1917-35?
Kollontai wanted to replace traditional family w/ communal living & free love. Lenin critical of free love but aware of abuse that women faced in marriage so supported reforms. e.g abotion on demand, contraception, accesable divorce, being gay = l
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What was the Great Retreat, 1936-53?
Stalin ****** it all, really. His aims were to increase birth rate, cut divorce rate. Abortion criminalised, contraception banned. Gays sent to labour camps for 5 years. Divorce = expensive.
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What policies did Stalin introduce to make women have more children?
7 children = 2,000 roublels/year for 5 years. 11 children = 5,000 roubels.
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How did Khrushchev try to improve the lives of women?
Abortion legalised 1955 Paid materinty leave from 77 days to 112. Fridges widely abailable = end daily shopping trips. 6th 5 year plan = expand creches, childcsre facilities.
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Result of Khrushchev's changes?
Contraceptives hard to get Creches opended late, closed early = women couldn't work full days. Domestic appliences = less widely available.
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What was the family like, 1964-85?
1965 law that liberalised divorce. 1979 1/3 marriages ended in divorce. Brezhnev empathised womens 'nurturing nature', e.g propaganda criticising women who leave kids to work. Blamed women for crime, drug taking, alcholism.
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