Kate Millet Flashcards
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Background and Book
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- Radical feminism
- At first she was active in the National Organisation for Women but she quickly moved towards a more radical form of politics
- Sexual Politics
2
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HN
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- Women are all capable of freeing themselves from male oppression in engaging in lesbian relationships
- Saw dominance of men in terms of both sexism - entrenched belief in superiority - and hetrosexualism - superior to gay couples
3
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State
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- The state is an agent of patriarchy
4
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Society
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- Society is completely characterised by patriarchy, which is all persuasive and infests both the private and public spheres
- The term ‘politics’ had a wider connection
- This was the idea that whenever one group oppresses the other, the result is political in nature and the solution is liberation
5
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Economy
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She is a quasi-socialist
