Having an organization of society and government in which the head of the family exercises authority over all its generations.
A system of social, economic, political and legal relationships in which the father is the head of the family and the entire household depends on him. In this system the condition of women is usually one of submission. Most well-known ancient societies were strongly patriarchal.
1. Rule of a senior male over an extended family or tribe. 2. Male dominated political state characterized by a high degree of occupational specialization, commerce, social stratification, and warfare.
society or system in which men have all or most of the power and importanc
refers to groups where males lead the social unit
A social system of male supremacy. Power and significance resides in the father of a family group or clan, and this is passed down through the male heirs. Found in many primitive tribal cultures and fundamentalist societies (primarily Islamic and Judeo-Christian). The tradition of wives being named after their husbands is a remnant of the patriarchal history all of mankind shares.
pAY trEE är k'l] Societies in which women defer to men; societies run by men and based on the assumption that men naturally directed political, economic, and cultural life. (p. 42)