Broadly speaking, feminism gathers these structures under the label patriarchy or male dominance. From Wordnik.com. [Male Survivors of (Child) Sexual Abuse/Violence and Feminism, A Beginning] Reference
Perhaps the term patriarchy - the unequal share of power society accords to men and male concerns - may seem old-fashioned. From Wordnik.com. [Conflicting visions of romantic love] Reference
Meaning the patriarchy is able to seep in all-inclusive ideology and maintain its superior position. From Wordnik.com. [arrogant and horrible teenage boys « Womanvsfeminist’s Blog] Reference
Way to tear down the patriarchy from the inside, sisters. From Wordnik.com. [fourfour:] Reference
The patriarchy is a well-integrated, mundane institution that passes for reality. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-06-01] Reference
That being said: yes. the patriarchy is just as much about women as it is about men. From Wordnik.com. [Women: the patriarchy needs YOUR support! « Digital immigrant] Reference
Women need to be involved in patriarchy, otherwise the power structure will collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Women: the patriarchy needs YOUR support! « Digital immigrant] Reference
Who decides that the white male patriarchy is standard, and anything else is deviant?. From Wordnik.com. [Godwin’s law: NEW RECORD « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
In my new songs I'm trying to find a way to sing the word patriarchy, to sing the word abortion. From Wordnik.com. [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference
No Longer Qivering just had a great article about how patriarchy is bad for men, as well as women. From Wordnik.com. [Here we go again « Dating Jesus] Reference
If you're a woman, the patriarchy is your "pain body.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
It’s unfortunate that the patriarchy is so successful. From Wordnik.com. [Who’s The Dummy, Mummy? | Her Bad Mother] Reference
If the patriarchy is the root of all evil, somebody must be at fault. From Wordnik.com. [So-Con Stereotyping by Bread n Roses Posters] Reference
Didn't she mean that the patriarchy is the ventriloquist and Hillary is the dummy?. From Wordnik.com. ["On paper, they look an awful lot like Hillary Rodham Clinton."] Reference
And it’s not, you know, that white patriarchy is asking you to do anything huge. From Wordnik.com. [Godwin’s law: NEW RECORD « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
Sam: to an extent, (gender) identity is shaped by patriarchy, which is why it seems. From Wordnik.com. [Balderdash] Reference
This view is based on an overall system, described as patriarchy, that guides what we learn. From Wordnik.com. [Stabroek News] Reference
A good example of the problems of the feminist movement is when the word patriarchy appears. From Wordnik.com. [How About Lieutenant Feminist Third Class?] Reference
“the function of true patriarchy is to protect, provide, and care for women and children”. From Wordnik.com. [Here we go again « Dating Jesus] Reference
6 This would square well with the vaginal connotations of the sinthome, in patriarchy a wound that is also a space. From Wordnik.com. [Notes] Reference
A woman who raised her voice against the patriarchy was a woman setting herself to be a victim because she challenged the pecking order. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
But it’s a mistake to assume that your choices are made free of context, and patriarchy is still the context in which we are choosing. From Wordnik.com. [Guilty pleasures. « A Bird’s Nest] Reference
The circumstances of her birth oddly literalize the Oedipal crisis as experienced, according to psychoanalysis, by sons within patriarchy. From Wordnik.com. ['Mummy, possest': Sadism and Sensibility in Shelley's _Frankenstein_] Reference
Sure, patriarchy is benevolent. From Wordnik.com. [Here we go again « Dating Jesus] Reference
Male-ing it in: Alito, notification, and the desires of the "patriarchy". From Wordnik.com. [Alito, Husband-Notification, and Choice For Men] Reference
It also calls for the transformation of systems of oppression such as patriarchy and racism. From Wordnik.com. [Shulamith Koenig: Equal Access To Full Human Rights For All Women] Reference
When they use the term "patriarchy" their ideologues come stunningly close to a direct expression of this unconscious urge. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
It is in the mentality of the left to project a stigmatising fear of "patriarchy" upon anything that echoes parental authority. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
She's a feminist theorist, and she used the word "patriarchy" a lot. From Wordnik.com. [Blog of a Bookslut] Reference
As soon as the word "patriarchy" appears in a thread, it's already jumped the shark. From Wordnik.com. [CHE > Latest news] Reference
These days, if you use the word "patriarchy," it generally shuts down the conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Blog of a Bookslut] Reference
I think "patriarchy" has actually usually worked as "dominance of everyone by some men.". From Wordnik.com. [Figleaf's Real Adult Sex - Confessions of a libertine prude / grumblings of a prudish libertine] Reference
Washington Post that American women are oppressed by the "patriarchy" and that "it needs to end.". From Wordnik.com. [Illinois Review] Reference
The concept of "patriarchy" is also highly traditional when you unmask the meaning behind the word. From Wordnik.com. [MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] Reference
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