What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.

dissertation and was publiKate Millettd in 1970 the same year that Kate Millett was awarded her doctorate from Columbia University. Millett questioned the origins of patriarchy argued that sex-based oppression was both political and cultural and posited that undoing the traditional family was the key to true sexual revolution. A seminal influence on second-wave feminism Millett is best known for her 1970 book Sexual Politics.

A seminal influence on second-wave feminism Millett is best known for her 1970 book Sexual Politics.