Juliet Mitchell

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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