Tag: Patriarchy

Recently I had a guest speaker come to class: a Fulbright scholar from Pakistan who specializes in sociological gender studies. I asked her to speak about the impact of economic changes on family life and gender norms. She shared that as industrialization and globalization shape Pakistani society, g...

Many Americans find it difficult to see themselves as a part of social dynamics. They’ve been fed a steady diet of faux individualism their entire lives, and they consequently have a difficult time imagining that they are anything other than an island, with no impact on or responsibility for a...

A friend of mine is curious whether matriarchy or patriarchy came first and why. He probably means whether men or women rule the state, but it could also be a question of who rules the household. As far as we know, people have only had written language for less than ten thousand years, and there ...

Asmost people will be aware, there’s a devastating conflict taking place in Gaza right now. Following brutal attacks by Hamas on the 7th October, in which 1,400 Israeli civilians and military personnel were killed or taken hostage, the Israeli government has responded with a full ...

In a feminist’s life, religion will always have an omnipresent (and sometimes nagging) role, especially if one identifies with a religion or grows up in a religious community. It is very tricky to reconcile gender roles and religion because many religions rely on patriarchal structures and the...