HREQ 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Abusive Power And Control, Matriarchy, Nuclear Family
17 Feb 2017
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Certain ideas get popular not because they"re true, but because how the reproduce society. Patriarchy isn"t natural, it is social constructed. Human nature is flexible, changing society changes behaviour. Women are controlled by men, with controlling behaviour. Honour and obey - in marriage, women are told men are the boss. 5000 years old, women were seen as property, used as labourers, taken for debt (also children) Women are replaceable , if they fail to do a task. Control over female sexuality, some societies women are covered and on display, some societies women are covered and not on display. More socially expectable to shame a women for sexuality than men. Nuclear family - men is the nucleus, the middle or the controller. Patriarchy couldn"t exist without women reproducing it. Women aren"t inferior, but if you tell them during their lifetime they will believe it (happens with anyone) History has primarily been men history, should be about both men and women.
