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Patriarchy and Feminism. Patriarchy generally falls under two categories, "traditional patriarchy" and "structural patriarchy" (Pierik). [74] Traditional patriarchy refers to the idea that the father is the head of the household and is at the top of families’ social hierarchies.
In Key Issues in Women's Work (2nd ed., 2004), sociologist Catherine Hakim compares four competing theories of male dominance, including Goldberg's theory of patriarchy as well as her own preference theory, and notes the strengths and weaknesses of patriarchy theory. [9]
The Tree of Patriarchy is a metaphor used to describe the system of patriarchy. It appears in Allan G. Johnson’s The Gender Knot (1997), who borrowed the idea from R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. (1991). The metaphor uses the parts of a tree to illustrate how patriarchy is shaped by and performs in society .
The term was coined by Turkish author and researcher Deniz Kandiyoti in her 1988 article, "Bargaining with Patriarchy", which appeared in the September issue of Gender & Society. [ 1 ] Sociologist Lisa Wade states that patriarchal bargain is "an individual strategy designed to manipulate the system to one’s best advantage, but one that leaves ...
In The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson explains how the sexism that people experience is a direct result of the patriarchal structure of our society. Johnson also details how the average person helps reinforce the patriarchy by avoiding questioning the status quo.
The theory emerged in the 1990s and was developed by Dr. Maxine Baca Zinn, a Chicana feminist, and Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill, a sociology expert on African American women and family. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Though often ignored in the history of the second wave of feminism, multiracial feminists were organizing at the same time as white feminists.
Patriarchy, defined as men's power and "structural control over political, legal, economic, and religious institutions", [3] is a feature of sexism and is related to hostile attitudes toward women. Anthropological research suggests that patriarchy is pervasive among the majority of human societies, such that women have been systematically ...
Global feminism is a feminist theory closely aligned with post-colonial theory and postcolonial ... the patriarchy is an inherent structure that plays a role in all ...