How to Use patriarchy in a Sentence

patriarchy

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  • For 20 years, the country was ruled as a patriarchy.
  • That and the fact that the patriarchy is still alive and well.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 May 2022
  • The pressure to change the law and address the patriarchy is from the grass roots.
    — Ramin Mostaghim, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • So by all means, drive a stake through the heart of the patriarchy.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Miles takes on not just the patriarchy but the phallusy as well.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Broadway artists love to complain about the grip of the patriarchy.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2019
  • Ever thought about what the world would be like if the patriarchy wasn't a thing?
    — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Tell them the contours of patriarchy closed in, but haven’t crushed me.
    — Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The burning smell wasn’t the smoldering sea eel but the demise of the sushi patriarchy.
    — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The essence of queerness is a big challenge to patriarchy.
    — Shahamat Uddin, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2023
  • There is a way in which this is all about grooming for patriarchy.
    — Emma Sarran Webster, Teen Vogue, 30 Nov. 2018
  • This is not a blow to the patriarchy; this is Sesame Street.
    — Molly Fischer, The Cut, 10 Jan. 2018
  • This is how the rules of the patriarchy propagate themselves.
    — Brian Gresko, Longreads, 12 June 2018
  • These teens are not about the patriarchy or post-colonial ...
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
  • The patriarchy can try to control us, but some of us cannot be controlled.
    — Kate Moore, Time, 22 June 2021
  • That’s just a sign, though, that the patriarchy is as fragile as their egos.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Why, a painting of her dog toppling the patriarchy, of course!
    — Zoe Weiner, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2018
  • Death to the greedy patriarchy that has been doing this to women for centuries.
    — Chloe Melas, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Western medicine has been linked with the patriarchy since the beginning.
    — Julia Belluz, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The group is known for its topless activists who challenge patriarchies around the world.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The show’s first season gives one answer: the patriarchy.
    — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Who would've thought that dismantling the patriarchy could sound this fun?
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2021
  • For the past several hundred years, patriarchy has shaped the world.
    — CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Ever get the urge to scurry around cities and fight the patriarchy with your grubby little hands?
    — Haley Strack, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The patriarchy is present in ways that have become clearer to me because of my girlfriend.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Thank goodness for more music to destroy the patriarchy to.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
  • O’Leary: There’s a lot of language in here about the patriarchy.
    — Lizzie O'Leary, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2019
  • In their world, the patriarchy’s worst aspects can be tempered.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2023
  • The patriarchy is a social system that was designed by men to favor men.
    — Eliza Anyangwe and Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, Sharon and his design team are not buying this kind of patriarchy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019

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