This article discusses the resurgence of term ‘patriarchy’ in digital culture and reflects on everyday online meanings distinction to academic theorisations. In 1960s–1980s, feminists theorised patriarchy as systematic oppression women, with differing approaches how it worked. Criticisms that concept was unable account for intersectional experiences oppression, alongside ‘turn culture’, resulte...

Abstract In considering patriarchy as potentially institutional and a characteristic also of contemporary Western societies, fundamental issue concerns how to make sense largely informal institutions begin with. Traditional accounts have often focused on formalized ones. It is argued here, however, that the principal idea behind one commonly accepted conception can be developed in way better fa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between levels of patriarchy and male health by comparing female homicide rates with male mortality within countries. HYPOTHESIS High levels of patriarchy in a society are associated with increased mortality among men. DESIGN Cross sectional ecological study design. SETTING 51 countries from four continents were represented in the data-America, Europe, Au...

Studies of patriarchy typically focus on women’s subordination to men and the detrimental consequences for females. In this study, however, the authors predict that greater social empowerment of women will be associated with smaller mortality differences between women and men, which may seem counterintuitive from a nonevolutionary perspective. In other words, they predict that higher levels of ...

INTRODUCTION Social, cultural, and economic environments are associated with high rates of disease incidence and mortality in poor Appalachian regions of the United States. Although many historical studies suggest that aspects of Appalachian culture (e.g., fatalism, patriarchy) include values and beliefs that may put Appalachians at risk for poor health, other cultural aspects may be protective...