Patriarchal Quote by Elaine Pagels

“Only within a patriarchal structure is maternity the only social power open to women.”

— Audre Lorde

Notice that the whole story of Eden is the story of the struggle over a woman's relationship to a psychoactive plant.

— Terence McKenna

“We must acknowledge that all we have are, at times very differing, interpretations of what Jesus was all about-and these interpretations, as they are…

— Gerald O. West

Crucially, in Westeros, there's probably no space for a girlboss story, because it's a patriarchal culture that keeps women tightly restricted.

— Emma D'Arcy

The patriarchal model of spirituality was, I think, a necessary step, as a baby learns to crawl before it walks.

— Neale Donald Walsch

All over the world, young males and females, schooled in the art of patriarchal thinking, are building an identity on a foundation that sees…

— bell hooks

“On the lowest level, this loss of soul turns the man into the hen-pecked husband who lives with his wife as though she were…

— Erich Neumann

“Male experience is what patriarchal culture uses to represent human experience, even when it is women who most often live it.”

— Allan G. Johnson

We are still in various kinds of patriarchal systems. The very definition of patriarchy is that men control women as the means of reproduction,…

— Gloria Steinem

Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

In a patriarchal society like ours, women have to fight hard for a seat at the table. Boys are privileged over girls from birth.…

— Shabana Azmi

patriarchal academic hierarchies in science and technology are now overspecialized and abstract, perhaps because they have systematically excluded women, as well as minorities, with…

— Hazel Henderson

Some of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.

— Marianne Williamson

“The representation of women in the society, especially through mass media has been the most delusional act ever done on the grounds of human…

— Abhijit Naskar

“If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by…

— Abhijit Naskar