However, this method is what is also called 'integration through segregation'.1 This meant that women were increasingly employed, yet they were separated from the men. Randall mentions that the state 'deployed gender stereotypes to underscore their value as workers'.2 This contradicts the idea of equality between men and women as the use of stereotypes contradict the progressive nature of the genderisation method as it 'allowed for a certain disruption of traditional gender discourses even as it reaffirmed them'.3 One can argue that although women qualities were promoted, traditional attitude's to women lingered on due to prejudice and perhaps were even reinforced by the stereotypes. It highlights the culture embedded in society and the party.…show more content… There was much resistance among men manly due to prejudices and overall the mindset embedded in their culture. Historian Wendy Goldman does believe that the state did made effort in this area however it was the prejudices on the local level that prevented the state's official attitude to establish itself in society.14 In additin, various researches for the state found the lack of cooperation disturbing. For example, the ACCTU tried to organise meetings with union officials to discuss the women problem yet it did not create much incentive to change policy among the officials.15 Some party leaders viewed that it was not a problem in the politics at top but discrimination that was visible in all…show more content… Moreover, the lack of achieving real positive consequence were slim. Someone from the representative from the Crimea states said that the new leaders did not much to improve women's situation and the local leadership did not change attitude.17 It seems to be that the party did attempt to challenge discrimination against women, yet although the party themselves officially stated its changed attitude, in reality they were not entirely adapted to the idea yet. It takes a while before culture to catch up with legal changes and evidence can be found in the discrimination on a local level and in the mindsets in the party. They might believe in equality but perhaps unconsciously they were prevented by their
