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No, actually, men used to hold legal privileges that women did not. Legally, a poor man had more rights than a rich woman, and though he may have less power in
by ameister14 11y ago
No, actually, men used to hold legal privileges that women did not. Legally, a poor man had more rights than a rich woman, and though he may have less power in society than a rich woman, he had far more power than his own wife or daughter.
Important note: that is no longer the case. It hasn't been for years. I'm just saying that this actually existed, the Patriarchy was a real thing.
- exstudent2 11y agoI agree that there actually used to be a patriarchy. Only for a subset of society though. During much of this time period, males slaves couldn't vote or own property either for example. Regardless, that's not how society works anymore. Trying to redefine patriarchy to "traditional gender roles" strikes me as disingenuous.