How to Use patriarchal in a Sentence

patriarchal

adjective

• The more patriarchal the culture, the more a wife could get away with.
  — TIME, 18 Oct. 2023
• Yet, many of the small advancements for women in the patriarchal faith came in the wake of that movement.
  — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
• But young women like Jem don’t get much of a say in the patriarchal Christian society in which they’re raised.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 May 2023
• For Jamaican women, some of the old patriarchal ideas left over from the days of colonialism still persist.
  — Safiya Sinclair and Nicole Dennis-Benn, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
• But there is a younger generation now that sees the regime and its patriarchal society as the problem.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
• The premise was, of course, that there was something inherently bad about being a girl, and by not being like the rest, my chances in a patriarchal world were much improved.
  — Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
• Karuna Nundy warned Wednesday that laws designed to restrict the rights of women continue to do harm, thanks to patriarchal courts.
  — Nik Popli, Time, 9 June 2022
• Against the backdrop of a largely patriarchal Christian world, word spread about his message for women.
  — C. Syl'violet Smith, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Jan. 2023
• The Supreme Court's overreach and its overturning of precedent reflects a patriarchal view of the world -- one which seeks to control women's bodies.
  — CNN, 27 June 2022
• Green wants to spread a message that’s less about faith in a patriarchal Judeo-Christian God and more about the people who come together to save their kids by any means necessary.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Thrown out of her home and off her land by her in-laws, a Kenyan widow becomes a fighter for women’s land rights in a deeply patriarchal community.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
• These villages are inhabited by patriarchal Amdo Tibetans who raise herds of yaks and goats, and farm small plots of land.
  — Ruth MacE and Alberto Micheletti, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2022
• At its core, The Princess is an underdog story, set in a patriarchal society.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 30 June 2022
• There is still very much a concern about women covering themselves, which is patriarchal, there’s no doubt about that.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
• Women are taught to uphold patriarchal values from a young age, activists say.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
• Both men want to turn back the clock to a whiter and more patriarchal time when corporate interests ruled the day and religion kept critical thinking at bay.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• The issue here is not with the apps, or with the TV series, but with India’s deeply patriarchal society, which offers women little to no agency.
  — Akanksha Singh, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
• There is a spectral quality to the patriarchal forces haunting these women.
  — Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• In both a self-portrait and a painting of her parents, the female mouths are painted over to symbolize the silencing of women in patriarchal cultures.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
• But now the worldwide attention on Spain has centered on its patriarchal culture and the growing support for Hermoso.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
• Lee highlighted the pressures of having children on women in a patriarchal society that is slow to evolve.
  — Paula Hancocks, CNN, 3 Dec. 2022
• That ought to quell all of those other rightful patriarchal objections.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2022
• The path of a trailblazer can be a lonely one — even more so for a woman hustling in deeply patriarchal Caribbean society.
  — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2023
• In these films, the women aren't just a patriarchal possession to be taken away or passed from one man (her father) to another (her love interest).
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 16 Feb. 2023
• Really, the movement has transformed into a safe space for women to redefine and reclaim beauty, style, and joy on their own terms, sans the patriarchal male gaze.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2022
• As Iris starts to challenge patriarchal beliefs, her world expands.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Oct. 2023
• That strange patriarchal aphorism, coming from Donny’s devout Catholic dad, turns out to express a hard-work ethic.
  — Armond White, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
• While India is evolving rapidly, much of the country is still patriarchal to this day and both men and women often perpetuate these ideas as the fabric of the culture.
  — Radhika Menon, ELLE, 9 June 2023
• To me, the purpose of the movie was relatable to people who struggle in our patriarchal society while being digestible to those who benefit from it.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• Accepting a lazy girl job can be both a statement against working hard in a patriarchal system and a reflection of Gen Z’s anti-work mindset.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 25 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024