How To Talk About Patriarchy
A brief description of the weak and strong versions
What do we mean when we say “patriarchy”? This word gets used by people, including myself, without really examining what we mean and what the word implies. In my experience, there are two broad ways of talking about patriarchy. I describe these ways below.
The Weak Version of Patriarchy
The weak version of patriarchy describes the condition in which men …
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