Juliet Mitchell

“Psychoanalysis is not a recommendation for a patriarchal society, but an analysis of one.”

“The key to the specific oppression of women is to be found in the combination of her roles.”

“We are all in a post-feminist world, whether we know it or not.”

“Hysteria is the protest of the woman who has no other means of expression.”

“The family as a reproductive unit is a specific structure... it is not eternal.”

“We should not ask 'What is woman?' but 'How is "woman" produced?'”

“Patriarchy is a specific form of male dominance, a specific form of the organization of the family.”

“A revolutionary movement must base its analysis on the contradictions of the society it is trying to overthrow.”

“Freud's work is not a prescription for women's lives but a description of their condition.”

“It is the definition of a woman as a mother that is the core of her oppression.”

“The notion of a 'natural' femininity is a powerful ideological weapon.”

“The unconscious is not a biological given but a social construction.”

“The exclusion of women from production... is the root of their oppression.”

“To be a feminist is to be alive to the manifold and great injustices of our society.”

“The women's movement is a struggle for the liberation of all people.”