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Patriarchy (Corbis)

Patriarchy, rule by the father or a male authority. The word patriarchy comes from the Latin word pater, which means father. It most often refers to...

Ordination (H. Rogers/TRIP Photographic Library)

The Vatican remains resolutely against the ordination of women: in Roman Catholic theology, an ordained priest “represents” Christ and the Vatican...

Chinese Mythology

Miraculous or virgin birth appears in Chinese myth as a way of denoting the special nature of the male infant who is born. Fu Xi (see Dynastic Myths,...

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- social system in which men dominate: a social system in which men are regarded as the authority within the family and society, and in which power and possessions are passed on from father to son
- patriarchal society: a society based on a system of patriarchy

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