The Patriarchy

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• Middelbare school
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A very short history of the Patriarchy

noun: patriarchy

•     a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line.

•         a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

•         a society or community organized on patriarchal lines.

     
Origin
mid 17th century: via medieval Latin from Greek patriarkhia, from patriarkhēs ‘ruling father’ (see patriarch).

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female genital mutilation / vrouwelijke genitale verminking

footbinding china / Lotusvoetjes china

world health organisation violence against women

What was the worst fact you found?

Why do all societies discrimate against women?

The myth

Reality

Our ancestors

Neolithic revolution

Inheritance

To make sure men can give their property to their children they need to control women's bodies + minds

Religion

1 Timothy 2:11-14

Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. But I permit not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in quietness. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; and Adam was not beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression

French revolution

Equality means equality right?

19th century - women's suffrage movement