TUF. Patriarchy: The structure we are not supposed to name

The AAWAA Women’s Advocate · Jul 9, 2026 · 12m

In this episode of The Unmoved Feminist, Martine and Liv unpack a word used everywhere and explained almost nowhere: patriarchy. Drawing on Wollstonecraft, Gilman, Frye's birdcage image, Mitchell's four structures of oppression, and Pateman's sexual contract, they trace why the analysis has never been superseded — and why its latest adaptations, from neoliberal feminism to the displacement of sex‑class analysis by self‑declared identity, make the word more indispensable than ever.

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