patriarchies in English
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1
a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.
Overall male gain depends on the constant renewal of structures of male solidarity and patriarchy over-riding immediate economic or class interests.
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1. The present paper argues that the conceptualisation of notions like ‘dalit’ or ‘intracaste’ or ‘multiple’ patriarchies results from a misunderstanding of the concept Brahmanical patriarchy
2. The point is that, quite apart from the burdens of the past and its violent patriarchies, women today find themselves in the Cross hairs of multiple targets in all calls to power based on hyper