Patriarchy in this study means a societal structure in which men grasp influence over property and family members. The traditionalist society of Pukhtunkhwah has set rules that males of the family are superior to women, and after the father has died, the authority will be
Patriarchy literally means the rule of the father or the „patriarch‟, and originally it was used to describe a specific type of „male-dominated family‟ – the large household of the patriarch which included women, junior men, children, slaves and domestic servants are all under the rule of this dominant male. Now it is used more generally “to refer to male domination, to the power relationships by which men dominate women, and to characterize a system whereby women are kept
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Examples of Patriarchy in a sentence
Saller, Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman tfamily, Cambridge 1994.Saller (1999): R.
Mies, (1986) ‘Colonisation and Housewifisation’, in Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale London: Zed, pp.
Ambedkar’s Writings on Brahmanical Patriarchy, Navyana Publication, pp.
The response by many feminists has been to fracture the link between class and sex almost completely, seeing the relations of sexual domination (Patriarchy) as a completely autonomous structure.
Patriarchy and Catholicism were the two critical ideologies driving the new state.
Roberts, Racism and Patriarchy in the Meaning of Motherhood, 1 AM.
Power, Signification and Gender in the Reproduction of Patriarchy, 1995.
Patriarchy refers to the structures and practices which give rise to women’s continued disadvantage in gender relations (Byrne, 2000).
Patriarchy has resulted in different forms of discrimination against women with dire consequences.
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More Definitions of Patriarchy
Patriarchy. A Framework for Understanding VAW Feminists argue that patriarchal power is derived from the social meanings given to biological sexual difference, whereby men and women are believed to be fit for different social tasks based on their sex (Xxxxxx, 1997, [1987]). This allows for a sexual division of labour, the social organisation of production and reproduction and the creation of norms of femininity and masculinity (ibid). Patriarchal discourse is formed in relation to a norm that is male, and female nature and social roles are defined in relation to this norm, which allows for the construction of women as the ‘other’ because they are not the male ‘norm’ (Beauvoir, 1997 [1949]). Patriarchy highlights women’s roles as wife and mother and calls for certain qualities deemed particularly feminine, such as patience, emotion and self-sacrifice, which in turn structure women’s access to the labour market and public life (Xxxxxx, 1997:1). The concept of ‘patriarchy’ was heavily contested in the ‘80s and ‘90s, with Kandioyti (1988) suggesting that it was simplistic and under-theorised because it did not address women’s roles in reproducing it. Others criticised the way it had been developed with a Western focus 5 This will be examined further in Chapter 3. on men’s horizontal brotherhood and rule over women (Pateman, 1988), and as Eurocentric (Yuval-Xxxxx, 1997) because it did not sufficiently consider other, intersecting inequalities such as women ruling over other women and men ruling over other men, especially in post- colonial societies. However, Xxxxxxxxx (2009) argues convincingly for patriarchy as a useful theoretical concept in the case of VAW because it serves to highlight the structural, ideological and systematic subordination of women by men. Xxxxxxxxx’x framework addresses the criticisms levied at it and develops a more nuanced concept of patriarchy which considers historical variety, and intersecting inequalities that affect and structure gendered outcomes. Xxxxxxxxx highlights the ways in which patriarchal systems are based on hierarchical domination which intersect with other hierarchical divisions, e.g. race, class, and age and she points out that patriarchal ideology can persist despite, or in conjunction with gains in gender equality. Patriarchy is a useful concept for Latin America in general and Brazil specifically, as it helps to highlight the historically male-centred and sexist organisation of State, its institutions and society, and goes s...
Patriarchy means the rule of the father, or patriarch, which is traditionally used to describe a male dominated family, where the father (or patriarch) is head of the house and other household family members including women, children, other younger men and domestic servants who all live under the rule of this dominant male (Sultana 2010). The concept of patriarchy is closely related to that of gender roles in which patriarchy is a set of social relations between men and women, or a hierarchical system of solidarity among men ensures their dominance over women (Bhasin 1993; Jaggar and Rothenberg 1993).
Patriarchy etymologically means “rule of the father” and goes back to Greek and Roman ages when the male head of the family had absolute power over everyone under him: sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, etc. This kind of authority was only given to men who controlled the family’s wealth and decided who their sons and daughters married without asking for their consent or even consulting them.
Patriarchy here means the systematic and systemic dominance of men in society, and the structures that support and further this dominance.
Patriarchy means 'a system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress, and exploit women'