Sentence examples for patriarchal structure from inspiring English sources

Changing roles for women would weaken the patriarchal structure that props up clerics.

A refreshing sight in a country typically deemed to have a patriarchal structure.

The patriarchal structure of the police is held in place by the attitudes of both men and women, says Srivastava.

Because being "called to breakfast" carries the faint insinuation that the bear's wife occupies a subservient role in a patriarchal structure.

Once we admit that marriage between "one man and one woman" is a cultural construct intended to benefit men, the entire patriarchal structure loses its base.

"There's a sense," he said, "that the church is much more concerned with its image and preserving its patriarchal structure than anything else".

There are very patriarchal structures and mind-sets at work".

Cunningham seeks to erase embedded patriarchal structures and fixed gender identities.

This was particularly significant for us, as church teachings continue to reinforce patriarchal structures meant to silence women.

Like all patriarchal structures, the peerage has relied on the difficulty for its daughters to voice dissent.

We realized that they also want to be liberated from outdated, paternalistic, patriarchal structures which deny freedom.