PATRIARCHY
"Literally â ˜rule by the fatherâ ™ but more generally it refers to a social situation where men are dominant over women in wealth, status and power. Patriarchy is associated with a set of ideas, a â ˜patriarchal ideologyâ ™ that acts to explain and justify this dominance and attributes it to inherent natural differences between men and women. Sociologists tend to see patriarchy as a social product and not as an outcome of innate differences between the sexes and they focus attention on the way that gender roles in a society affect power differentials between men and women."
The Orthodox Churches are also good examples, and to make things easier, their leaders are often actually known as the 'Patriarch'.
Another good example is a country such as Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe (the 'big man') plays the role of patriarch to the citizens.
Wikipedia also has an easy to understand explanation of patriarchy.
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