History of Feminism

Pateman's argument was essentially that the "social contract" that reformulated feudal/societal relations from father-child model to brother-brother assumed that the "individual" (gendered male) owned a female and had access to her emotional/reproductive/physical labor. Great book (and lazy paraphrase on my part). Don't have time to post a link.

However, to our knowledge, male dominance has permeated every form of economic/political structure since at least the agricultural revolution (see Gerda Lerner's work on The Creation of Patriarchy). I don't think capitalism is uniquely alienating to women (Roman slavery and medieval feudalism weren't very kind to us either), and the technological progress capitalism has also engendered, though it's resulting in massive climate damage and may bring our species down with it, has seemed to be the only mechanism historically that allowed women (mostly white, of some means and in first world cultures) enough breathing room through birth control, medical advances and household technologies to get a little control of their bodies.

Some aspects have altered in capitalism (especially the profit motive in organized rape through criminal pornography) but I'd just say it takes a different form.

Still, glad people are keeping this conversation alive. Thanks for the link.