The other more compelling argument is that we live in a society where men dominate every pillar of power, from parliament to the economy to the media.
But visually the street is dominated by highway pillars, aluminum window casings, blocky stoops, towering street lights, modern asphalt, and ten thousand other fixtures from the twentieth century.
The state still dominates in strategic "pillar" sectors such as energy production and heavy industries, but private enterprise has expanded enormously, with around 30 million private businesses recorded in 2008.
Meanwhile the space was dominated by two central pillars.
Soaring more than 2,000m above the Patagonian steppe, the Torres del Paine (Towers of Paine) are spectacular granite pillars that dominate the landscape of what is arguably South America's finest national park, Parque Nacional Torres del Paine.
Of course, pillars have become so robust that they come much closer to dominating the driver's field of vision from within modern cars.
Wheels blog: Why We Should Miss Pillarless Rooflines Of course, pillars have become so robust that they come much closer to dominating the driver's field of vision from within modern cars.
But the twin towers -- silvery pillars of Modernism that turned to gold at sunset -- were so dominating that their presence had already been ingrained in the young couple's vision of New York.
The salient beliefs of expert stakeholders were dominated by the ecological pillar of sustainability.
The small stage of the Manhattan Ensemble Theater is dominated by a wooden pillar, a table with a typewriter, a chair, a bowl of fruit on a stand and a death-mask.
