Before I read articles about Marxism and Feminism, or Marxist Feminism, I was actually unsure of what the two terms exactly meant. After reading several articles, now I have a better understanding of the two terms. Marxism not only set the base for the foundation of Communism, but also advocated a classless society. Marxism defined the period when nations may face revolutions: when the nations are industrializing nations. Marxism's ultimate goal was to make all the human beings equal. Feminism is an organization(?) that struggles for more rights for women. Since the past, men, in general, had more rights than women. As a result, women were working to expand their rights and ultimately to be equal to men in terms of power, opportunities, and what not.
The two terms, Marxism and Feminism, are similar in that both wanted equality, even though in different definitions. That's probably how a combined term 'Marxist Feminism' was established. Furthermore, feminists often incorporate Marxism ideas and examples to support their view points. Prostitution is one of more controversial terms. Some say that prostitution is a wage labor, while some others say that prostitution is an independent service. Prostitution, as Marxist feminists say, takes away spiritual qualities of people, even though prostitution may be just one of many labors. Since labor takes away the spiritual qualities, prostitution was and is still a very controversial labor. Marxism advocates the division of labor; everyone does some kind of labor and is ultimately equal to all, in terms of the work he or she does and the earnings (the kinds of jobs people have and the earnings determine people's classes). Since Marxism says all people do same amount of work and get same earnings, people will eventually live in classless societies. Classless society is what women also wanted, as gender, in the past, somewhat determined people's classes as well.
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