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patriarchy: see matriarchy matriarchy, familial and political rule by women. Many contemporary anthropologists reject the claims of J. J. Bachofen and Lewis Morgan that early societies were matriarchal, although some contemporary feminist theory has suggested that a primitive matriarchy did ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I was interested in who they were as a community, but they are a clearly patriarchical society," he said. In their review of risk and protective factors for sexual aggression among Asian Americans, Hall, Windover, and Maramba (1998) argued that the patriarchical aspects of Asian culture, in which women hold subordinate status to men, may create a risk for, and a tolerance of, sexual aggression by Asian American men. [We] have all had our minds colonized by this patriarchical, racist, sexist and homophobic society. |
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