Examples Of Patriarchal Ideas In Society

Patriarchal Ideas in Society
The ideas of patriarchal dominance have stayed prevalent because traditions are hard to be broken. An example of a tradition that hasn’t been broken is that men have more power than women in our society. For example many leadership roles are occupied by men rather than women and the men that are in power may use to keep patriarchal dominance prevalent. Another tradition is that Traditional family values and gender roles such as the idea that women belong doing housework haven 't faded away. People that disagree with these ideas are looked down upon. Or the patriarchal ideas are planted in children. For example parents teach their children patriarchal ideas and then they are implanted in them. These traditions are …show more content…
In the article “Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother” it states “Finally,that at this point Snow White is a housekeeping angel in a tiny house conveys the story’s attitude toward a woman’s world and woman’s work”(Gilbert and Gubar 295). In Snow White, Snow is an embodiment of family values and gender roles. In the story Snow White conforms with the traditional gender roles by cooking and cleaning and is not looked down on in the story. The evil queen doesn’t conform with the traditional family values and she is seen as evil. This is the same with our society because even in modern times women that don’t agree with the traditional ways also are looked down upon. In the article “Patriarchal Norms Still Shape Family Care” it states “Many women are rightfully proud of fulfilling responsibilities for family care. At the Republican convention, Ann Romney spoke of the mothers holding our nation together.”(Folbre 1). This article shows that sometimes women are okay with the traditional gender roles. The traditional gender roles may never change if women aren’t willing to fight to change them. And if the traditional gender roles don’t change then neither with patriarchal …show more content…
They are still prevalent because men hold the more powerful roles in society such as political and other leadership roles. Also because traditional family values and gender roles such as the idea that women belong doing housework haven 't faded away completely and some women are okay with that. The women that do disagree with these ideas are looked down upon. Or because the patriarchal ideas are planted in children. For example parents teach their children patriarchal ideas and then they are implanted in them. These traditions are then passed down in a cyclical nature from parent to