CEVAP:

Patriarchy means the institutionalization of male dominance over women and children in the family,and the extension of male dominance over women in society in general. It implies that “men hold power in all the important institutions of society” and that “women are deprived of access to such power” . In Walby’s (1990:20) words, patriarchy is “a system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women”. In short, patriarchy refers to male domination, the power relationships by which men dominate women, and it characterizes a system whereby women are kept subordinate in a number of ways.