patriarchy (PAY tree AHR kee)
1)a facade; a construct with no underlying foundation or validity.
2)an imaginary entity; a figment of someone's imagination.
3)any entity or idea created by the rewriting or revision of history.
1)a facade; a construct with no underlying foundation or validity.
2)an imaginary entity; a figment of someone's imagination.
3)any entity or idea created by the rewriting or revision of history.
1)"Old western movies used PATRIARCHIES to simulate actual storefronts, saloons, etc"
2) "I saw a PATRIARCHY last night, then I woke up and realized I had been dreaming"
3)"We did not win the war in Vietnam..the notion that we did so is a PATRIARCHY"
2) "I saw a PATRIARCHY last night, then I woke up and realized I had been dreaming"
3)"We did not win the war in Vietnam..the notion that we did so is a PATRIARCHY"
by axolotl April 04, 2007
A form of social organization in which the men are the supreme authority and are allowed to make everything theirs.
Girl 1: Does patriarchy really exist?
Girl 2: It did exist in ancient social sytems. But now there is no such thing as patriarchy because of gender equality laws.
Girl 2: It did exist in ancient social sytems. But now there is no such thing as patriarchy because of gender equality laws.
by Juvia07 November 18, 2015
A confusing system in which men have power (good job, lots of money, strength, good education) and expect women to be submissive (have no job/make little money, weak, be kinda smart but not too smart).
Josh: "All girls want from a man is money."
Matt: "That's how patriarchy works! I mean you wouldn't want to be with a girl who was smarter, stronger, or made more many than you! Right?!"
Matt: "That's how patriarchy works! I mean you wouldn't want to be with a girl who was smarter, stronger, or made more many than you! Right?!"
by hollywoodcole October 11, 2015
A society where
- men have a disproportionate share of political, economic, and social power;
- men control all systems of representation (religion, "media," literature, etc.) and use them to depict the world from their point of view and marginalize women;
- there are widely shared cultural beliefs that men are more socially valued and more competent than women at most things (e.g., Michael Conway et al., 1996; David Wagner and Joseph Berger, 1997; John Williams and Deborah Best, 1990; and Susan Fiske et al., 2002);
- women are the primary targets of gender violence and men are the primary perpetrators of gender violence;
etc.
- men have a disproportionate share of political, economic, and social power;
- men control all systems of representation (religion, "media," literature, etc.) and use them to depict the world from their point of view and marginalize women;
- there are widely shared cultural beliefs that men are more socially valued and more competent than women at most things (e.g., Michael Conway et al., 1996; David Wagner and Joseph Berger, 1997; John Williams and Deborah Best, 1990; and Susan Fiske et al., 2002);
- women are the primary targets of gender violence and men are the primary perpetrators of gender violence;
etc.
All societies are, and always have been, patriarchies.
Those who are uneducated, miseducated, or "masculinists" = "advocates of male superiority or dominance" (Merriam Webster Dictionary Online) should at least TRY to comprehend this simple truth about the great evil aka patriarchy.
Those who are uneducated, miseducated, or "masculinists" = "advocates of male superiority or dominance" (Merriam Webster Dictionary Online) should at least TRY to comprehend this simple truth about the great evil aka patriarchy.
by The Happy Humanist November 19, 2010
The patriarchy can be blamed for police brutality.
by Liberated May 28, 2015
by Susie Halvarson October 17, 2006
A modern form of patriarchy where woke boys appear marching with the flags of token feminism and replace the space of women and others who had been fighting a long battle for gender equality.
The woke boys are trying to snatch the flags from the feminists and leading us to an era of neo-patriarchy.
How about you stop trying to mansplain why she refused to go out with you and go back to your neo-patriarchy?
How about you stop trying to mansplain why she refused to go out with you and go back to your neo-patriarchy?
by hbaromega October 06, 2018