1
as in clerical
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2
as in older
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But for other Mormons, like Brinkerhoff, this intense insularity, and pressure to conform to a largely patriarchal, heteronormative culture can be unbearable.
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Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
Adding a child to a partnership really turns up the heat on every kind of patriarchal force that’s acting on a woman.
—Thessaly La Force, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
But the contemporary allegory of patriarchal control over reproduction pulsates throughout, even as the film remains open to multiple readings.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Whole disciplines are dedicated to revealing the subterranean ideology that pervades frothy rom-coms and motor-mad action-adventures: the patriarchal designs in an end reel clinch, the unholy seduction of the internal combustion engine.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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Cassady Rosenblum, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2024
Adding a child to a partnership really turns up the heat on every kind of patriarchal force that’s acting on a woman.
—Thessaly La Force, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2024
But the contemporary allegory of patriarchal control over reproduction pulsates throughout, even as the film remains open to multiple readings.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
Whole disciplines are dedicated to revealing the subterranean ideology that pervades frothy rom-coms and motor-mad action-adventures: the patriarchal designs in an end reel clinch, the unholy seduction of the internal combustion engine.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Patriarchal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriarchal. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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