The Origins of Male Dominance
Throughout thousands of years, many different societies have formed and flourished with men and women holding equal roles in the advancement of society. However, in virtually every society to date, men have considered themselves superior to women. This idea exists as one of the most expressive and common aspects of human culture. Masculinity takes on the dominant characteristic during the early twentieth century in the tribes of the lower Niger, the setting of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. In the novel, women hold the more submissive role in society, often succumbing to severe physical abuse and lack of respect from their authoritarian husbands (Achebe 29-30). Okonkwo, the protagonist of the story, becomes motivated through his father’s failures, seen as weak and womanly. These values of male dominance in varying magnitudes remain prevalent through almost every known …show more content…
"Chapter Four." Things Fall Apart. Penguin Books, 2017, pp. 29-30.
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Holliday, Dan. "Why Did Almost All Societies Believe That Women Were Inferior to Men?" Slate. Quora, 23 Aug. 2013, www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/08/23/why_did_almost_all_societies_believe_that_women_were_inferior_to_men.html.
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Pietrangelo, Ann. "The Effects of Testosterone on the Body." 16 Effects of Testosterone on the Body. Healthline, 21 Apr. 2014,
Throughout thousands of years, many different societies have formed and flourished with men and women holding equal roles in the advancement of society. However, in virtually every society to date, men have considered themselves superior to women. This idea exists as one of the most expressive and common aspects of human culture. Masculinity takes on the dominant characteristic during the early twentieth century in the tribes of the lower Niger, the setting of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. In the novel, women hold the more submissive role in society, often succumbing to severe physical abuse and lack of respect from their authoritarian husbands (Achebe 29-30). Okonkwo, the protagonist of the story, becomes motivated through his father’s failures, seen as weak and womanly. These values of male dominance in varying magnitudes remain prevalent through almost every known …show more content…
"Chapter Four." Things Fall Apart. Penguin Books, 2017, pp. 29-30.
Bergman, Jerry. "The History of Evolution's Teaching of Women's Inferiority." Science in Christian Perspective. The American Scientific Affiliation, 1996, www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1996/PSCF9-96Bergman.html.
Crowther, Greg. "Gender and Endurance Performance." Northwest Runner, 2001, www.faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/RBC/gender.shtml.
Holliday, Dan. "Why Did Almost All Societies Believe That Women Were Inferior to Men?" Slate. Quora, 23 Aug. 2013, www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/08/23/why_did_almost_all_societies_believe_that_women_were_inferior_to_men.html.
Miller, A.E.J., et al. “Gender Differences in Strength and Muscle Fiber Characteristics.” European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, vol, 66, no. 3, 1993, pp. 254-62. PubMed, doi:10.1007/BF00235103.
Pietrangelo, Ann. "The Effects of Testosterone on the Body." 16 Effects of Testosterone on the Body. Healthline, 21 Apr. 2014,