Becoming Quote by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Patriarchy is not men. Patriarchy is a system in which both women and men participate. It privileges, inter alia, the interests of boys and…

— Ashley Judd

You see, feminists don't really like to define the Patriarchy. They prefer to keep it nebulous and amorphous so they can conveniently blame it…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“It’s everywhere: a system of thought and a set of invented and discriminatory practices in our laws, culture and economy that feminists call the…

— Robert Webb

What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization , an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.

— Camille Paglia

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

— Shoojit Sircar

I sincerely believe patriarchy to be at the root of all of our social diseases and feminism, it's antidote, to be a prerequisite to…

— 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

The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of…

— Justine Musk

Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it.

— Cornel West

Patriarchy is having the power to name.

— Kate Zambreno

“Nothing indicts female allegiance to patriarchy more than the willingness to behave as though the problems created by cultural investment in sexist thinking about…

— Bell Hooks

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

— Vandana Shiva