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Example sentences for: patriarchal

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She stood for the clear separation of the public from the private sphere, a distinction dismissed as patriarchal a long time ago by feminists who thought it denigrated domestic life.
"Most of his art expresses a clear moral point of view," writes Peter Sutton, director of the Wadsworth Atheneum and the world's leading authority on de Hooch, "above all of the values of patriarchal Dutch society and their celebration of domestic virtue."
Some theorists describe women's relation to language as primarily a product of patriarchal oppression; others, usually acknowledging oppression, focus on women's strengths.
Sun Ra saw himself as a charismatic leader who would deliver his followers through patriarchal discipline.
Idon't generally complain about oppressive patriarchal social structures, but Ferberism is a good example of one.