Kate Millet

• Patriarchy

  Family is the key tool of the patriarchy.

  Socialisation gives men power.

  Young girls taught their place.
• Women in literature

  Women often degraded, degrading language used to describe.

  Women portrayed as commodities.
• Family


  Called for the end of monogamous marriage, which is patriarchy's chief institution.
• Human Nature

  Women are taught their place and socialised.
• Society

  Is patriarchal across a range of areas.
• The State

  Facilitates patriarchy.
• Economy

  Women economically dependent on men.

  Marriage implies exchange of sex and domestic service for financial security.

  Liberation from these structures key to end patriarchy.