Kate Millett

Question 1

In ‘Sexual Politics’, Millett offers a critique of………

She concludes………..

Answer 1

In ‘Sexual Politics,’ Millett offers a critique of patriarchy within Western literature. In her words, sex-based oppression is both political and cultural.

Millett concludes that patriarchy demands a revolution in the domestic division of labour with radical alterations towards personal and family lifestyles. As a solution, she advocates undoing the traditional family unit.

Question 2

What wave feminist was Kate Millett

Answer 2

Second-wave

Question 3

Millett fully recognised the ability of the patriarchy to…….

Answer 3

Each distinct wave of feminism has broken down barriers that hold women back only to find that more exist. In a modern setting, sexism may be less overt than the past but there is still a considerable amount of covert sexism and misogyny that blight women’s lives. Millett fully recognised the ability of patriarchy to reinvent itself from one generation to the next.