What are the motifs in Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by Bell Hooks?

Patriarchal society is a recurring idea in the book. Patriarchy is the system is a male-dominated culture rife with sexism. The fundamental goal of early feminist revolutionaries was to create a sisterhood that would ultimately displace patriarchy into a society devoid of sexism. Women are seduced by the patriarchal system as well as men. When women began to achieve success in the "man's world," they often bought into the precept that the powerful control the weak. By women mimicking powerful men and dominating other women, the patriarchal system survived.