Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful habit of passing itself off as nature.

Kate Millett

Sexual Politics

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Patriarchy

Author

Kate Millett

Source

Sexual Politics

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Millett, Kate. Sexual Politics. Doubleday, 1970, ch. 2.

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C. Northcote Parkinson
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The Law of Delay
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English
Time
1970 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Parkinson, C. Northcote. The Law of Delay: Interviews and Outerviews. John Murray, 1970, ch. 13.

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This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons hitherto brought forward in explanation of this fact has seemed adequate.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Second Sex
Genre
Historical literature Feminist literature
Language
French
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

Current Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.