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>patriarchal what does this have to do with patriarchy?
by ice109 9y ago
>patriarchal
what does this have to do with patriarchy?
- dahveed311 9y agoI took his meaning to be that they are acting as a ruling father (i.e. or parent), just declaring what one _needs_ to do, rather than express the fact this is an opinion and not based on any news or science.
- jcfrei 9y agoThey probably meant patronizing
- jackvalentine 9y agoIt's a common enough phrase to describe a certain kind of moralizing and instructive manner of speaking. Derived from times gone by where it was a given that the head of the family was male and would instruct others and be deferred to.
- abrowne 9y agoI think they meant paternalistic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paternalistic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paternalistic
- droopyEyelids 9y agoPretty sure the commentor is just switching words. There is some word that kind of means to give unwanted advice, or to always be assuming you know and can teach people stuff. It's not pedagogical, not patriarchial, but something close. Im not even sure it starts with a "P". Not kibbitzer.
- droopyEyelids 9y agoI think "paternalistic" was the word that fit here.