patriarchal

Example Sentences

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This is a self-aware martyr, assertive and vulnerable, manipulated by shadowy patriarchal forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

It means a patriarchal society and a political system that has long been dominated by men is now led by a woman.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The film strings together the stories of several women, some of whom have just been released from prison, as they help each other navigate a restricted existence in a patriarchal reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

She was usually photographed gazing adoringly up at her husband, often while gathering their children around her in a beatific — and patriarchal — tableau.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

In the chemical brightness Milton saw the patriarchal beard, the pale, waxen cheeks, and—most tellingly—the tiny five-foot-four frame.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides