SOC244H5 Chapter 6: Chapter 6
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Chapter 6: patriarchial relations of production in 19th century. Patriarchy: system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. In the 19th century, couples in ontario built and sustained their families by mutual dependence and complementary responsibilities of the husband and wife. In regards to property relations, ontario was very similar to england in that women were regarded very differently than men: this chapter derived from women"s work, markets, and economic development in. Nineteenth-century ontario, argues that gender relations characterizing family farms in pre-industrial ontario were patriarchal (85) Patriarchal relations of production in 19th century ontario- cohen. Patriarchal productive relations can be defined as the organization of labour in which males, as husbands, fathers, and even sons and brothers, have power over the productive activities of their children, wives, and sometimes their sisters and mothers (85)
