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Rich argues that heterosexuality is a political institution which needs to be re-examined in order for women to escape disempowerment. Furthermore, she argues that much of feminist literature still functions under a compulsory heterosexual paradigm. The scholarly articles that emerge from feminist authors fail to recognize the institutions, such as marriage, that are regarded as normal are, in fact, socializations which we have internalized and reproduced in society. By regarding heterosexuality as a political institution, Rich examines the forces that have allowed compulsory heterosexuality to grow.