The word 'patriarchal' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a system of social organization in which the father is the head of the family, and descent and inheritance are traced through the male line. Example sentence: The patriarchal model of family structure has been prevalent for centuries.
It is not about the absence of religion but the absence of religious power, a freedom from patriarchal straightjackets that might stifle our lives, dreams and aspirations.
She said the video "intentionally spreads some of the worst ideas of an extremely socially conservative and patriarchal society".
Instead we are being divided and conquered by this terrorism scaremongering and half the world, including most of America, is tied up in patriarchal religions that believes apocalypse is the climax of what we are waiting for".
They reveal an overwhelmingly masculine, patriarchal corporate culture, and point to the double burden of work and domestic responsibilities, the "anytime, anywhere" model of management and, a particular curse in the UK, the long hours working culture wired into city law firms.
Contrary to the perception from some corners, fashion isn't always an evil patriarchal plot.
In fact, sketches which initially seem out to skewer patriarchal society – like one where a man is deemed humourless after complaining about having to visit a gender-reversed Hooters-style restaurant called O'Nutters – end with a wry reinforcement of its ideals (the male customer is dragged into a "wet nut contest", enjoys himself immensely, is cured of misanthropy, etc).
"He showed that the values that lead people to exploiting the planet are the same set of values that may well lead you to thinking nuclear weapons are the answer to security, which may well lead you to having a more patriarchal position in the role of women, and these things are not all entirely separate".
Fifteen years of campaigning, of a staunch vision, of determination, guts and sheer doggedness in dragging the women's game kicking and screaming through the patriarchal corridors of power at Wembley HQ into semi-professional status, had ended thus.
They strove to eliminate patriarchal systems of oppression, and the most radical was to subvert the blatantly phallocentric ritual of surnames.
In the patriarchal societies found in many developing countries, gender roles are strictly defined.
As a transgender person – and he has no wish to define the "meat and potatoes" of his sexuality any more precisely – he sees himself as having a small headstart on most of the rest of civilisation in his intimate understanding of the need for feminine power structures to restore imbalances created by "patriarchal religion, patriarchal economies and patriachal government".
