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In this way, the male is the father of the patriarchal law, and
sometimes, the wife of the male plays the role of the mother of
the patriarchal law, because she is his allied.
In some cases, the mother of the patriarchal law supports the
system because she has no way out. Since she doesnt work,
she doesnt have money to afford living on her own. So a
woman may not divorce, even thought she knows her their
husbands is not interested in her any more, that he doesnt love
her or that he has different girlfriends. What is more, since her
husband is the one who brings the food, it is easier for her to
keep her husband happy as if nothing happened, than to go out
and work.
The forces which lead to females oppression are mainly
economic. There are also cultural forces and values, but they
are determined by economic forces.
Sometimes, women are able to change their reality, their
oppression. This is called subversion. When they awake, they
see their reality and they want to change it. Women can do
great things, because everything is constructed. Even gender is
constructed. Identity is constructed. Women can rebuild their
entire lives.
Julia Kristeva: Far from being a mere blank which awaits its
social or sexual role, the subject is in process and is capable of
being other than it is
The discourse of the body is a politics of the body, a
rediscovery of its sociality through an awareness of the forces
which control and subordinate it.
Women who are the allies of the father. They still exist.