patriarchal

Example Sentences

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“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” casts Minneapolis as progressive and neighborly, a bustling metropolis located between stereotypical Midwestern patriarchal stubbornness and a feminist future.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

This is a self-aware martyr, assertive and vulnerable, manipulated by shadowy patriarchal forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

As in “Blue Bloods,” there is family to spare, though the patriarchal thrust of the parent series here becomes matriarchal.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

She told BBC Focus on Africa that Gafcon's view was neither theologically nor biblically sound, but more "patriarchal, which is not very useful to the Church".

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Starry lectures me to be kind, but I can't help wanting to yank Ma out of her patriarchal prison.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins