patriarchal

Example Sentences

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It’s a film about many things — family, patriarchal societies, toxic relationships, power dynamics, first loves and, ultimately, growing up — but it’s neither outwardly judgmental nor blunt.

From Seattle Times

The pressures on women to subsume their ambitions to patriarchal expectations are more familiar than the particular condition that drove Patrick to buckle under them.

From Los Angeles Times

She says she is motivated by a desire to change deeply negative images of single mothers often found in Chinese film, television and literature that reflect long-held patriarchal beliefs about heteronormative family structures.

From Reuters

India is still a largely patriarchal society, where women are expected to be primary caregivers at home.

From BBC

“And that is the same way that women can support patriarchal or male supremacist movements,” she added.

From Seattle Times