patriarchy
ਪਿਤਾਪੁਰਖੀ
definition
noun
Overall male gain depends on the constant renewal of structures of male solidarity and patriarchy over-riding immediate economic or class interests.
a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.
example
Women and men exist as unequal political classes in the system of 'patriarchy' , and so it is difficult to understand how love can truly exist between these two groups.
we live in a 'patriarchy'
Feminists want to dismantle the 'patriarchy' , she said.
It was argued that 'patriarchy' was a worldwide system which reduced women to the status of housewives and made them dependent on men.
The traditional Mongolian American household is a 'patriarchy' in which the head of the household is the eldest male.
Overall male gain depends on the constant renewal of structures of male solidarity and 'patriarchy' over-riding immediate economic or class interests.
Gender seemed to be on the forefront of the discourse, largely because the organizers prominently recognized 'patriarchy' as a main and integral force of oppression.
Western feminism rests on the concept of 'patriarchy' - the class system of male domination and female oppression.
The expression of 'patriarchy' through male-surname dominance has robbed millions of women of their name identity.
Feminists now challenge 'patriarchy' by tracing their descent through the female rather than the male line.
These apply to the political and personal meanings that associate power with the nature of men and the culture of 'patriarchy' .
What bits of 'patriarchy' , or male dominance, remain in western society?
What is being asked for is a fundamental transformation of social systems entrenched deep within the system of 'patriarchy' .
She did not shy away from the barriers she often faced as a result of publicly identifying the structure of male 'patriarchy' .
Many women also face brutal exploitation in their families in third world countries, where 'patriarchy' dominates and household labor is treated harshly.
I am constantly trying to break free from the chains of male chauvinism and 'patriarchy' .
We don't have to live according to the rules of the 'patriarchy' .
The play shows how, as usual in a 'patriarchy' , it is the women who teach the next generation to submit.
The traditional Albanian household is a 'patriarchy' in which the head of the household is the eldest male.
the thematic relationships of the ballad are worked out according to the conventional archetypes of the 'patriarchy'
For women it means fighting both religious and capitalist 'patriarchy' .
The movie now takes on a starkly different aesthetic as it turns its focus to blood feuds, family honour, and tyrannical 'patriarchy' .
In Europe, 'patriarchy' flourished as institutions such as the family, the guild, and the university evolved to restrict or exclude women's presence and power.
But he's in a 'patriarchy' where age counts so much.
But see it for what it is-the product of a society steeped in competition, sexism, racism and 'patriarchy' .
I think the call for bras is successful because it is similar to the burning of bras in the seventies - each act being a response to male oppression / 'patriarchy' .
the dominant ideology of 'patriarchy'
No longer considered sexually scandalous, its analyses of 'patriarchy' and its proposed antidotes to women's domination are still debated.
The shrill feminist denunciations of male 'patriarchy' share a common origin: the Marxist creed.
Is it that these two 'patriarchies' are uniting against a perceived common threat, free and independent women?
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