patriarchy

Examples of patriarchy in the following topics:

• The Origins of Patriarchy

  • Patriarchy is a social structure in which men are considered to have a monopoly on power and women are expected to submit.
  • As such, rather than working to destablize the historical notion of patriarchy, much literature assess the origins of patriarchy, or a social system in which the male gender role acts as the primary authority figure central to social organization, and where fathers hold authority over women, children, and property.
  • According to the sociobiologists, patriarchy arises more as a result of inherent biology than social conditioning.
  • In 1973, Goldberg published The Inevitability of Patriarchy, which advanced a biological interpretation of male dominance.
  • Argue in favor of either a sociobiological or social constructionist explanation of patriarchy

• Athenian Society

  • Classical Athenian society was structured as a democratic patriarchy that strived towards egalitarian ideals.
  • Athenian society was a patriarchy and men held all rights and advantages, such as access to education and power.

• The Conflict Perspective

  • The conflict perspective views the family as a vehicle to maintain patriarchy (gender inequality) and social inequality in society.

• Political Art

  • Political art in the nineties was a form of protest for the feminist movement against patriarchy and women's exclusion in the arts.

• The Feminist Perspective

  • Radical feminism, in particular, evaluates the role of the patriarchy in perpetuating male dominance.
  • Feminism focuses on the theory of patriarchy as a system of power that organizes society into a complex of relationships based on the assertion of male supremacy.

• The Feminist Perspective

  • Feminist theory is a conflict theory that studies gender, patriarchy, and the oppression of women.
  • This is referred to as patriarchy.

• Theories of Gender Differences

  • Central to these efforts, Feminist Theories typically examine past and present gender relations shaped by patriarchy and intersectionality.
  • Feminist Theory defines patriarchy as a social system that is (1) male dominated (e.g., the primary positions of power are occupied by and/or encouraged for males rather than others), (2) male identified (e.g., what is defined as valuable or normative in society is associated with men and masculinities), and (3) male centered (e.g., the cultural focus of attention, whether media, scientific, religious, or political based, is on men and the things men do).

• The Caste System

  • These roles and their importance, including the levels of power and significance based on patriarchy, were influenced by stories of the gods in the Rig-Veda epic.

• "Poor Whites"

  • During the war, the established patriarchy continued to control the home front and keep it functioning, even though growing numbers of plain folk joined the new wartime poor.

• African-American Culture

  • Sexual abuse of female slaves was endemic in the South , where cultural patriarchy treated all women (black and white) as property or chattel.