Patriarchy

distinction is made on the basis of biological and social difference. Patriarchy, the dominance of male over the female, defines female identity where the female are considered to be logically, morally and culturally inferior to the male. In a patriarchal society, women are considered as “other”. They are treated as object of sexual pleasure, destined to give birth to child and engage themselves with household chores only. Patriarchy belittles the world of women by creating the four walls and…

The research done on the patriarchy levels women experience in both public and private settings and how those limitations can cause females to commit crimes. Public patriarchy is defined as the limitations women experience in institutions and the disadvantaged position women generally tend to have in society. Private patriarchy is one sector that research has not explored as extensively as public patriarchy. Private patriarchy explains that as women become structured to take…

Women in today’s society are a lot freer than they used to be. That isn’t to say they are completely free of the patriarchy, however they have a lot more freedoms, and less stress on how they should behave. In Marge Piercy’s “A Work of Artifice,” the author uses the continuous metaphor of a bonsai tree to represent women in a patriarchal society, and how they are treated in areas such as” their looks, their intelligence, and their actions. In terms of looks, women have had the most stress put…

The book “What is Patriarchy?” by Kamla Bhasin is foundational reading about the concept of patriarchy. The book covers the notion about women and men relationship under societal framework, equality and how we should address this issue. The book is in the format of Question and Answer manner. Patriarchy is defined and explained from different point of views: Marxist feminist, socialist feminist, radical feminist and liberal ones. The book explains patriarchy and state of women in the arena of…

only an extension of the breast and a feeble heart, but a strong desire to hold and use power,” was the motivation which energized Nana Yaa Kyeretwe, the princess, to fiercely fight against patriarchy in the Ebusa kingdom when her dying Queen mother bequeathed the stool of the kingdom to her younger…

narrator is submissive to her husband, which highlights the problematic societal relationship between the sexes. The use of the submissive women and the dominant man within the marriage is used as an extended metaphor of the patriarchy and implies that women can overthrow the patriarchy through the death of the Marquis. According to David Carter, Feminism within literature is used to reveal how men are considered dominant within patriarchal society (Carter 2006 pp.86) Throughout 'The Bloody…

Steinbeck shows this by portraying patriarchy and gender stereotyping throughout The Chrysanthemums. What readers need to understand about The Chrysanthemums is that Steinbeck wrote about a woman’s “place” according to his time period. Whether he intended it or not, The Chrysanthemums has “contributed…

the theory of feminism is the patriarchy. The patriarchy is a central obstacle for the female characters in this novel and their arcs develop in order to erode the concept. A patriarchy can be defined as, “a cardinal concept of the radical second-wave feminists, who define it as a system of social structures, and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women” (qtd in Wilson pg 1493). In the novel, Sandlin gives examples of women who challenge the patriarchy, oppression, and…

resistance to the chain of gender in medieval society, but the challenges she and other women brought did not change patriarchy much. While women had some say in their own lives, their options were restricted by the system of patriarchy, and they were generally considered subservient, weak, and even malicious. Many things have changed since ancient and medieval times, but patriarchy remains a prominent element in Western Civilization. Despite the fact that women have many rights now, the…

Stearns articulates how patriarchy was established, how cultural contacts changed it, how that system impacted women then and what that means for women today. This is shown by Western Europe’s gender roles and religion as well as their impacts on Native Americans and the Middle East. In Western Europe, patriarchy is already established because of Christianity and Catholicism. Thus when they went to places like America and the Middle East they brought those beliefs and their patriarchy. In the…