gender hierarchy
Male dominance system
Gender hierarchy is a social system ranking genders unequally, typically placing men above women in power, status, and access to resources.
The concept appears in feminist analysis, sociology, and anthropology to describe how societies organize gender relations: The gender hierarchy in corporate leadership remains stubbornly persistent.
It encompasses both formal structures (laws, institutions) and informal patterns (who speaks in meetings, who does housework).
- misogynyHostility toward women
- boys will be boysSaying that excuses mischief
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- unpaid laborWork done without payment
- second shiftEvening work period
male privilege · man of the house · head of household · intersectionality · workplace discrimination · male dominance · old boys club · social stratification · emotional labor · trophy wife · pink collar · political representation · economic inequality · lean in · heteronormativity · glass ceiling · wage disparity · systemic oppression
gender hierarchygender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
egalitarianism · gender parity · gender equity · equal partnership · gender neutrality