patriarchy
social system dominated by men
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Summary
patriarchy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,472 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: social system[2], kyriarchy[3]
- Commons category: Patriarchy[4]
- Opposite of: matriarchy[5], feminism[6], anarcha-feminism[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Patriarchy[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], The Encyclopedia Americana[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[11]
- Different from: matriarchy[12], patriarchal clan system[13], patriarchate[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Anthropology[16], WikiProject Sociology[17], WikiProject Feminism[18], WikiProject Men's Issues[19], WikiProject Gender Studies[20], WikiProject Politics[21], WikiProject Religion[22], WikiProject Discrimination[23]
Why It Matters
patriarchy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] patriarchy is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]