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Pateman, Carole (2018). The Sexual Contract (30th anniversary ed.). Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1-5036-0827-6.
"patriarchy". Encyclopaedia Briatannica. 30 March 2016.

Balance

Thread retitled from "Unbalanced article".

It's easily evident when comparing it to the matriarchy article, the patriarchy article is written in a negative way, automatically adjudicating it terms such as dominate, exploitation, oppression, etc while the matriarchy article is more neutral (Which is the right way to make an article), clearly demonstrating a political bias in this article. I'm not stating that these two social systems are good or bad, I'm only pointing out the obvious bias, which conflicts with the logic of the definitions: Matriarchy is patriarchy but with the positions swapped, nothing else, and the results of these systems doesn't influence what they are by themselves, at any case, this should be in a category about the impacts on society or criticism.

This is not a neutral point of view, and should be improved, so I left the unbalanced template (I didn't improve the article because I'm not very experienced, so I leave the task to anyone interested) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.18.149.130 (talk) 07:01, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Neutral point of view" on Wikipedia means adhering to the predominant views expressed in reliable sources. If you disagree with the sources cited in the article, then feel free to present your own. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 12:37, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have enough time or interest to search more neutral sources, so I'll leave the unbalanced template so anyone interested can correct it.

Stop reverting the edit or you'll end up exposing yourself as very biased like the writers of this article. 186.18.149.130 (talk) 19:08, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:CLEANUPTAG: "Cleanup tags are meant to be temporary notices that lead to an effort to fix the problem, not a permanent badge of shame to show that you disagree with an article, or a method of warning readers about an article." Since you are apparently uninterested in trying to fix the perceived problem, there's no justification for tagging the article. --Sangdeboeuf (talk) 21:27, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. This very first sentence using "dominance" instead of supremacy as in Webster, and "privilege" when that word isn't used in any source, shows how absurdly bias this wiki page leans. 2600:8803:77E0:E800:5B0:FDE9:6BCE:4EF3 (talk) 03:34, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how would supremacy be better than dominance? I can also instantly show you multiple sources that use both of these words. If you can not bring any sources why bother? 2A02:908:13B5:9C60:C5DD:A1C3:FC14:1E2C (talk) 13:20, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@186.18.149.130 I agree. I looked at the preview for matriarchy, and I saw multiple photos of women protesting or posters supporting matriarchy, but when I saw the preview for patriarchy, the only photo I saw was a graffiti that said "FIGHT PATRIARCHY". Wikipedia editors have a very bad habit of supporting left leaning articles and diminishing the right leaning articles. I'm not suggesting that wikipedia should be a right wing encyclopaedia, but rather that they don't show bias when writing controversial articles such as this. KnoSpaces (talk) 23:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: ENG 21011 Research Writing

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 21 August 2024 and 8 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Rmoner1, LaneyL (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Jbarbati7, Bella Vargo, Avargo22, Gdugan05, Jgrandfi, Sam.Cowger1.

— Assignment last updated by Wordnerd104 (talk) 18:00, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Irrelevant info

@Sangdeboeuf The content about Sima Bahouse's statements focuses on poverty alleviation, economic policies, more relevant to discussions on economic inequality and development. It does not directly address the structural dynamics of patriarchy, within that framework, which is the central focus of the article. It is immaterial and out-of-scope for this article. 182.183.54.110 (talk) 16:18, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is this related to matrimony?

Given that the word patriarchy by wiktionary definition means "father rules"^{1, 3} and the word matrimony means "mother obligation"⁵ they seem to both refer to the same gender role system no? Is there such as patrimony in matriarchy as well?

1: Wiktionary:patriarchy
2: Wiktionary:matriarchy
3: From source 2.. "árkhō, 'I rule'"
4: Wiktionary:matrimony
5: From source 4.. "from māter ('mother') + -mōnium ('obligation')" Ybllaw (talk) 11:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear intro

The very first sentence is being unclear: "Patriarchy is a social system in which men typically hold authority and responsibility while also excluding women from it." What does "it" refer to? "Social system", or "authority and responsibility". It would be nonsensical to say that women are excluded from the social system, because the system has to include the ones over whom authority is had and for whom responsibility is taken. But "it" is singular so grammatically it does not fit with "authority and responsibility" (English is not my first language so I could be wrong here). AndersThorseth (talk) 14:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Men have the power or some men have power?

Is there a consensus if its "in a patriarchy men have the power" or "in a patriarchy the people with power are men"? Its two very different statements with very different meanings. AndersThorseth (talk) 15:18, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]