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Is patriarchy a key to understanding different forms of inequalities in Indian society? Elaborate.

  • UPSC 2024
  • Systems of Kinship in India

Kate Millett (Sexual Politics, 1970) lifted patriarchy out of the dictionary, where it meant rule of the father over a household, and made it a political category: a relation of power between the sexes operating inside private life as much as in public institutions. The question asks whether that category is a key to Indian…

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  • Why the concept can travel beyond gender
  • Where the key turns fully: caste
  • Where a second key is needed
  • Testing the claim against evidence
  • Conclusion

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