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  2. Kyriarchy - Wikipedia

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    In feminist theory, kyriarchy (/ ˈ k aɪ r i ɑːr k i /) is a social system or set of connecting social systems built around domination, oppression, and submission.The word was coined by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in 1992 to describe her theory of interconnected, interacting, and self-extending systems of domination and submission, in which a single individual might be oppressed in some ...

  3. Oppression - Wikipedia

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    The tyrant's tools of oppression include, for example, extremely harsh punishments for "unpatriotic" statements; developing a secret police force; prohibiting freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press; controlling the monetary system and economy; and imprisoning or killing activists or other leaders who might pose a ...

  4. Criticism of Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Human Rights Watch describes the caste system as a "discriminatory and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment" [29] of over 165 million people in India. The justification of the discrimination on the basis of caste, which according to HRW is "a defining feature of Hinduism," [30] has repeatedly been noticed and described by the United Nations and HRW, along with criticism of other caste ...

  5. Kaikadi people - Wikipedia

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    The Kaikadi [1] [2] are a community in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.Their name is derived from kai (meaning "hand") and kade (meaning "basket"), while the community derives its name from kai (a stand-in for a name) and kadi (a type of twig).

  6. Caste-related violence in India - Wikipedia

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    It is a characteristic determined by one's birth into a particular caste, irrespective of the faith practiced by the individual. Caste denotes a traditional system of rigid social stratification into ranked groups defined by descent and occupation. Caste divisions in India dominate in housing, marriage, employment, and general social ...

  7. Structural discrimination - Wikipedia

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    Arophobia; Acephobia; Adultism; Anti-albinism; Anti-autism; Anti-homelessness; Anti-drug addicts; Anti-intellectualism; Anti-intersex; Anti-left handedness; Anti-Masonry

  8. Nonviolence - Wikipedia

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    This is the meaning of his quote "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence." [ 180 ] Advocates responding to criticisms of the efficacy of nonviolence point to the limited success of nonviolent struggles even against the Nazi regimes in Denmark and even in Berlin ...

  9. Resistance literature - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the words may come second to or be enhanced by this typographic significance. Example of this can be found in M. NourbeSe Philip's Zong! , [ 41 ] Alex Balgiu and Mónica de la Torre's anthology Women in Concrete Poetry 1959-1979 [ 42 ] , Alan Pelez Lopez's Intergalactic Travels: Poems from a Fugitive Alien, [ 43 ] and much of the ...