bell hooks

• Expectations of children

  Boys and girls socialised from a young age, boys denied the right to show emotion and girls taught to please and attract.
• Women of Colour

  Argued that feminism largely focused around the plight of white middle class women.

  WOC often found themselves in a difficult position, sidelined due to race and ignored due to patriarchy.
• Patriarchy

  Has made women hate themselves.

  'see ourselves as inferior'

  Women look for patriarchal approval.

  Women must unlearn self hatred.
• Solidarity and sister-hood

  Argued for solidarity and a new sister-hood of people from different backgrounds.
• Human Nature

  Women are multi faceted and have multiple experiences and differences.
• Society

  Society is complex, inequality exists on a racial and wealth level.
• State

  State dominated by white men.
• Economy

  Women oppressed partly due to socio-economic background.