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What is a patriarchy?

What is a patriarchy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anthropology, historical) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
  2. A power structure in which men are dominant.
  3. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
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Aspects of patriarchy, in my opinion, have become co-opted by commercialism and corporatism.
I truly do believe that modernism trumps the traditional patriarchy because it is far more conducive to human happiness.
By repressing female sexual expression in dharmic structures, the patriarchy limits female participation at socio-political and cultural levels.
With the decline in traditional patriarchy came a more virulent emphasis on female sexual fidelity and greater idealization of family harmony.
The link between patrilineal kinship and patriarchy requires far more scrutiny than is possible in this paper.
Some believe that institutionalized misandry doesn't and can't exist due to patriarchy.

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