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Define patriarchy. How does patriarchy manifest in interpersonal relations?

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  • Systems of Kinship

Literally "rule of the father", patriarchy began in Max Weber's work as patriarchalism, a form of traditional authority held by the household head. Feminist sociology rebuilt it into a system of gendered power. That power is reproduced less by law or force than in everyday relations between spouses, parents and children, siblings and kin.

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