This is not to denigrate capitalism.

It may be xenophobic, but its leaders never denigrate the Republic there may be fascists members within it, but the party plays by the democratic rules.

Economists who denigrate the value of democracy sometimes talk as if the alternative to democratic governance is decision making by high minded Platonic philosopher kings ideally economists!

First, we should not denigrate the value of economic progress. When people are hungry, deprived of basic needs such as clean water, health care, and education, and without meaningful employment, they suffer.

In sum, the widespread prostitution, trafficking and other forms of violence against women that mark women's experience today, mutually reinforce and are not separate from the existing attitudinal, economic and political prejudices that denigrate the personhood and dignity of woman.