The Structural Analysis Of Patriarchy And The Effect Of Social Organization

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Patriarchy is a theory that attempts to explain this wide spread gender stratification and effect of social organisation rather than the result of some natural and biological fact. It is originally used to describe a ruler who was complete power in a family. It has been extended to describe a more general system in which power is secured in the hands of adults men. The Canadian sociologist Dorothy E. Smith (1983) describes patriarchy as “the totality of male domination and it pervasiveness in women lives”. It offers the structural analysis of sex based inequality and offers a systemic explanation for the ongoing distribution of power and privilege according to gender lines. Patriarchy existed long time ago. It can even be traced back to the bible, to the assumption that God is male and back to the book of Genesis. Where, after Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. God commanded her and all women kind to subordination to men. “In sorrow thou shalt bring faith children and thy desire shall be thy husband and he shall rule over thee”. Every society is ruled by men even though there …show more content…

Patriarchy simply shows us how our society function and how if controls women. In systems like work place, home, religion and the list goes on. Where women are developed to the way men want them to be. It is the opposite of matriarchy, where women are in control of families. Patriarchy is strongly used in every society and in many different ways, creating sexual politics where men are seen as the dominant sex class and the treatment of women is determined by their future and succession in life. It generally combines the force of male authority with the subtitles of paternal care highlighting the way women subordination rests on ideological and emotional power on personal relationship as well as physical force. (Martin Slattery.

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