patriarchal values
Father-knows-best ideology
Patriarchal values are beliefs and norms that position men as natural leaders and authority figures—in families, institutions, and society.
These values typically emphasize male breadwinning, female domesticity, and hierarchical gender roles: The company's patriarchal values kept women out of leadership.
The phrase usually appears in critique rather than endorsement.
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- male privilegeUnearned benefits from manhood
- head of householdFamily's chief decision-maker
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
man of the house · purity culture · breadwinner · conservatism · gender segregation · marriage customs · inheritance laws · glass ceiling · coverture · family honor · honor killing · obedience · filial piety · homemaker · barefoot and pregnant · authority · submissiveness · women's work
patriarchal valuesmatriarchy
Female-dominated social system
gender equality · female dominance · women's empowerment · women's liberation · progressive values
patriarchal valuesprogressive values
Socially reformist political beliefs
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