Lois Tyson, in this chapter, has hit a bit of writer's block, in my opinion. From start to finish she's just making labels and naming situations that were starkly obvious from the beginning. Sure, Tyson says that when Tom breaks Myrtle's nose as punishment for talking to him, it's patriarchy, however, you can already guess that it's some due to the fact that he broke her nose because she was talking back, and he "punished" her. I don't know about you, but I didn't need to read Tyson's complaining to understand that it was sexist.
However, some of Tyson's motives for ranting are shown near the end of the chapter, She explains some situations where she was harassed of being a woman by people who had considerable power over her.
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