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Scrutinizing the political background of the movement, its sources and its common ground with other radical movements of the sixties, <i>Women's Estate</i> describes the organization of women's liberation in Western Europe and America, locating the areas of women's oppression in four key areas: work, reproduction, sexuality and the socialization of children. Through a detailed study of the modern family and a reevaluation of Freud's work in this field, Mitchell paints a detailed picture of how patriarchy works as a social order.
Scrutinizing the political background of the movement, its sources and its common ground with other radical movements of the sixties, <i>Women's Estate</i> describes the organization of women's liberation in Western Europe and America, locating the areas of women's oppression in four key areas: work, reproduction, sexuality and the socialization of children. Through a detailed study of the modern family and a reevaluation of Freud's work in this field, Mitchell paints a detailed picture of how patriarchy works as a social order.