In a society where men have vast properties, have a lot of capital, are the majority in leadership, and perform better academically, (name them), you would think it is male-dominated.
On the other hand, there are more men in prisons; there are more men in the streets; most men are drug users; most men commit suicide; most men die in wars…
Women today are advantaged from political positions to job opportunities, academically and socially…
Unless the society is tyrannical, we cannot argue that it is patriarchal or matriarchal. The areas that men dominate are competency-based while most communities if not all, are patriarchal to some degree.
With all these considered, do you think society today is majorly patriarchal?
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perhaps because men are an average, stronger than women, it's tempting to think that this is the natural state of affairs since men are more likely than women to hold positions of social economic and political power in vast majority of cultures. Though is also correct to admit the fact that in moderRead more
perhaps because men are an average, stronger than women, it’s tempting to think that this is the natural state of affairs since men are more likely than women to hold positions of social economic and political power in vast majority of cultures. Though is also correct to admit the fact that in modern culture and society, the idea of patriarchy is not as accepted or practiced as it once was decades ago.
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