What is Patriarchy

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A cultural, economic, and social system that presumes the superiority of man over woman, having its negative effects based on the privileges associated to man status. Learn more in: Intersectional Dialogue While Combating LGBT-Phobia in Schools

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It is a term used in feminism to describe the system of gender-based hierarchy in society which assigns most power to men, and assigns higher value to men, maleness, and “masculine traits”. Feminism recognizes most of human society as patriarchal. Learn more in: Identifiable Challenges as Global Complexities: Globalization, Gender Violence, and Statelessness

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It is also the political, ideological, religious, and societal structure that places maleness above femaleness. Even the words we have for women are derived from maleness and essentially mean not-male . Learn more in: Whose Side Are We On?: A Call for Critical Solidarity With Participants in Education Research

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A type of social organization based on male authority. Learn more in: Masculine Domination and Gender in Bourdieusian Sociology: The Case of Roma Movie

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Is a social system where men are in authority over women in all aspects of society. It is invisible, yet visible through family, community and state, in formal or informal settings. It has been embedded in human lives for so many years. Learn more in: Women's Economic Empowerment in the Developing Countries: Reengineering Patriarchy?

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Patriarchy is a form of, social, economic and political structuring of society produced by the gradual relations created and reinforced by different institutions linked closely to achieve consensus on the lesser value of women roles (Facio, 2013 AU109: The in-text citation "Facio, 2013" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). Learn more in: Growing Women Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries in South Africa

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Social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. Learn more in: Man, Masculinity, and Violence in Turkish Cinema After 2000: The Case of Kenan Imirzalioglu

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Patriarchy is considered a system within which men dominate women and maintain the power and control of resources, while women have minimal power and are dependent on men. Learn more in: A Phenomenological Study of Female and Feminist Identities Among Iranian Muslim Immigrant Women

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Systematic organization of male supremacy and female subordination. Learn more in: Women's Entrepreneurship in Patriarchal Societies: The Case of Women's Cooperatives in Turkey

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A system of male domination in the church that supersedes definitions of fairness and equality. Learn more in: Gender Relations in the Black Church: Pentecostal Ecclesiology and Women's Leadership Roles in Transition

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Viewing women as assistants to men who should execute orders given to them by men; allocating to the woman the role of a housekeeper while holding the man entirely responsible for the family’s finances; results in considering a boy child as more important than a girl child who is consequently discouraged from learning more about entrepreneurship, and even venturing into it. Learn more in: Religion and Spirituality Empowering Female Refugee Entrepreneurship

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The power that rests within the hands of men as a class as a means to oppress and subjugate or exploit women. Learn more in: Domestic and Family Violence and Associated Correlates Among Muslims in Australia

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A society in which the oldest male is the leader of the family, or a society controlled by men in which they use their power to their own advantage. Learn more in: World Designs Presented to Children in Tales

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Structures or attitudes that are used to provide men power over women. Learn more in: African Women and Economic Development: A Tale of Contradictions?

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A social system in which men hold the power and privilege and impose them on women. Learn more in: The Myth of Motherhood in Communist and Postcommunist Romania: From Pro-Natalist Policies to Neoliberal Views

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Is a social system where the power lies with a dominant male authority. This may also be defined as a system which has male dominance over female. Learn more in: Women in Religious Leadership: A New Framework

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The ideology that implies the privileged social position and domination of men resulting in the oppression of women who are marginalized in the political, social and economic structures. Learn more in: The Question of Gender Equality: A Feminist Perspective

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A social system that gives men superiority as a birth privilege. Learn more in: Gender and Patriarchy in Turkish Advertising: A Semiotic Analysis

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A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line. Learn more in: Gender Mainstream: Participation of African Women in Education and Politics

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Patriarchy is tethered to social and economic systems that secure women’s subordination regardless of race, class, culture and ethnicity. Specifically, as an economic system of oppression, patriarchy marginalizes women from the access to property, forms of wealth accumulation, and production. As a social system it privileges male social and economic organizing and therefore facilitates their access to roles of political leadership and enacting social mores. Learn more in: Communities of Practice and Indigenous Knowledge: A Case Study of Empowering Women in Processing Shea Butter Using Scientific Animations