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Download or read book Patriarchal Attitudes written by Eva Figes and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in 1970, Patriarchal Attitudes has since become famous and is considered a classic feminist text. Writing with wit as well as scholarship, Eva Figes examines the factors which have helped place women in subservient roles in most societies, including the influence of Christianity, the rise of capitalism, Freudian psychoanalysis, and sexual taboos. She draws on a wide range of material to illuminate one of the central issues of our time."--Back cover.