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Specific goals of feminist criticism include both the development and discovery of female tradition of writing, and rediscovering of old texts, while also interpreting symbolism of women's writing so that it will not be lost or ignored by the male point of view and resisting sexism inherent in the majority
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- Women are oppressed by patriarchy economically, politically, socially, and psychologically; patriarchal ideology is the primary means by which women are oppressed.
- In every domain where patriarchy reigns, woman is other: she is marginalized, defined only by her difference from male norms and values.
- All of Western (Anglo-European) civilization is deeply rooted in patriarchal ideology, for example, in the Biblical portrayal of Eve as the origin of sin and death in the world.
- While biology determines our sex (male or female), culture determines our gender (scales of masculine and feminine).
- All feminist activity, including feminist theory and literary criticism, has as its ultimate goal to change the world by prompting gender equality.