the Practice of Freedom”, bell hooks uses rhetorical strategies in order to signify the mendacity of solving problems through conflict, by insinuating that a self-loving mentality is needed to progress against domination culture. People are more likely to be attentive when individuals that they have confidence in are used as a basis for intellectual thought. Anecdotes and authority figures are pivotal in persuading people to revise their stances on controversial topics. Hooks utilizes figures such as
life-threatening social disease”. Patriarchy is when men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. With this said, in Understanding Patriarchy, it shows just how powerful this word truly is and how it goes so much farther than just its definition. Bell Hooks the author of “Understanding Patriarchy” also connects Patriarchy a lot to religion, “At church they learned that God created man to rule the world and everything in it and it was the work of women to help men perform these tasks, to obey, and to