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I'm going by the definition in the dictionary. From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patriarchy http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patriarchy
by exstudent2 11y ago
I'm going by the definition in the dictionary.
From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patriarchy http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patriarchy
Full Definition of PATRIARCHY
social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family, the legal dependence of wives and children, and the reckoning of descent and inheritance in the male line; broadly : control by men of a disproportionately large share of power
- RodericDay 11y agoDon't families in Western societies outside of, like, Quebec, "reckon descent and inheritance in the male line", via the vast majority of children adopting the surname of the father and not the mother?
- exstudent2 11y agoThey "reckon descent" by choice since it's legal to use any surname you want. Definitely not inheritance though. Children of both genders are receiving their inheritance.
- chongli 11y agoYou keep invoking the word "legal" as if it has any relevance in this discussion at all; it doesn't. Patriarchy is a structure largely enforced through social mores, not laws (though there are lots of exceptions, obviously).
- exstudent2 11y agoI continue to use the dictionary definition. Without legal enforcement there is no patriarchy.
- RodericDay 11y agolmao. I guess there's no institutional racism, or homophobia, either?
- exstudent2 11y agoMisogyny is the word you're looking for. That exists, patriarchy doesn't. Just like slavery is illegal but racism exists, gay marriage is legal but homophobia exists, there is no patriarchy but misogyny exists.
- kaybe 11y agoSlavery still exists though, even though it is illegal (not saying anything about western patriarchy).