Password Please enter your Password. Forgot password? Don't have an account? Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Search within Go to page:. Abstract and Keywords A major obstacle inherent in patriarchy remains its barely perceptible reality for all of those women and men whose lives have been decisively ordered by the rule of the father.
All rights reserved. Sign in to annotate. A patriarchal family is therefore dominated by the father with power transferred down the male line, whereas a patriarchal society is based upon male dominance. All feminists are highly critical of how the various instruments of patriarchy impact adversely upon women. For example, feminists claim that marriage works in favour of the husband because he gains an unpaid servant to take care of both his conjugal needs and the upkeep of the home. The exploitation of women within a marriage reflects deeper structural inequalities within a male-dominated society.
They claim that the exploitation and subjugation of women occurs both within the private sphere and the public realm. The socialist feminist Simone de Beauvoir argued that only man has the freedom to choose and set himself up as essential and subject. In contrast, women are both inessential and object.
Patriarchal institutions and practices have to some extent been challenged in recent years via legislative measures and changing social attitudes. In the context of the former, workplaces who employ a specific number of employees are under a legal obligation to publish the pay gap between men and women. There are also laws to prevent sexual discrimination in the workplace with employers liable if found guilty.
Cases are often heard in employment tribunals in which grievances may be resolved. As evident from their definitions, these two are extremely opposing concepts. Overview and Key Difference 2. What is Patriarchy 3. What is Feminism 4. Patriarchy basically refers to a general social structure where men have power over women. A patriarchal society is a society that consists of a male-dominated power structure. Here, men have supreme power and predominate in roles of political leadership, social privilege, moral authority as well as control of the property.
Patriarchy can be described as a result of historically unequal power relations between men and women. Women in a patriarchal society are disadvantaged and suppressed.
Moreover, there is a noticeable under-representation of women in employment and industry as well as main stain institutions, particularly in decision-making policies.
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