Feminist criticism focuses on the ways in which literature (or cultural productions) reinforces or undermines the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women. Feminist theory was created in response to patriarchy. Feminist critics view patriarchy as a social system in which men have a concentration of power, and women are systematically excluded. Feminist critics believe that the inside of any power inequity, the default experience  is always the most dominant. According to the theory, male experience as the standard by which the experience of both sexes is evaluated. Within society, women deal with false binaries that control their existence. For example, being logical is more accepted than being emotional, or being a virgin versus possessing sexual freedom. Critics believe that one of the main objectives of patriarchy is to turn women against each other. Feminist theorist believe that patriarchy doesn’t just hurt women, but also men who may not fit into the full masculine identity. Within literature, feminist theorist try to recover works by women, analyze representations of women that forward or subvert patriarchal assumptions about gender, and showcase “female” characteristics as desirable. Feminist critics also try to eliminate assumptions about feminism. Kate Millett and french feminist Julia Kristeva are one of many critics within feminism. Millett takes a Marxist approach to feminist critical theory, and believes that gender is socially constructed. Millett is social. Gender is taught, performed, and reinforced. Kristeva utilizes psychoanalysis and believes that penis envy is about more than just the penis but social power it brings. There were three waves of feminism through the generations, and there is also a subdivision of feminism called Black feminism.