Patriarchy dominates and oppresses women on multiple levels. Eve brought on human plights and suffering. In answering the question she broadens the notion of politics to include all power-structured relationships rather then the narrowly defined reference to board meetings, parties and elections. She sets out to prove that sex is a category with political implications. For Millet, gender identity is primary to any human being.
Gender is defined by the social, psychological,or cultural rather then biological connotations.
Gender, masculinity and femininity, is independent of biological sex, maleness or femaleness. She argues that an awareness of sexual politics allows for women to become conscious of their subordinate position. Women constitute a group from within which social change might be initiated. Feminism has an inconsistent history with sexuality ranging from anit-porn politics to sexual liberation. Thinking sexuality as a derivative of gender ignores the complexly interwoven context between sexuality and gender.