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[[Freud]]'s discovery of the [[unconscious ]] is centrally linked to the study of [[female ]] [[sexuality]]. In [[listening ]] to the [[hysterics]], Freud gave [[them ]] a [[voice ]] and attributed a [[meaning ]] to what they said. As Juliet Mitchell noted, [[feminist ]] movements have tended to equate what Freud said [[about ]] the hysterics and his [[other ]] female [[patients ]] as prescriptions for patriarchal domination of [[women ]] rather than [[understanding ]] his writings as an [[analysis ]] of women's [[position ]] in patriarchal societies.