Choices Quote by Gloria Steinem

Patriarchy is so ingrained in our psyche, that most us propagate it in small ways even without realizing.

— Shoojit Sircar

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's…

— Ani DiFranco

“The system of patriarchy is a historic construct; it has a beginning; it will have an end. Its time seems to have nearly run…

— Robert Jensen

Perhaps patriarchy's greatest psychological weapon is simply its universality and longevity. ... Patriarchy has a still more tenacious or powerful hold through its successful…

— Kate Millett

Patriarchy is having the power to name.

— Kate Zambreno

Patriarchal structural oppression operates in such a multiplicitous and slimy way.

— Emma D'Arcy

Patriarchy, like any system of domination (for example, racism), relies on socializing everyone to believe that in all human relations there is an inferior…

— Bell Hooks

Patriarchy is based on appropriating rights and leaving responsibility to others.

— Vandana Shiva

Maybe this society, if anything, has become more patriarchal, and that has to be combated.

— Mary Robinson

Recognition of the harm that patriarchy has caused to people and the planet does not mean that men are wrong and women are right;…

— Elizabeth Lesser

Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Patriarchy is connected to greed, a symptom of a larger force that can only be dispelled through kindness and love. It's basic Buddhism.

— Peter Buffett