The system of patriarchy has historically erased women's identities by taking their names, property, inheritance, and legal ...

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I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...

Christine Delphy proposes that there is a parallel mode of production - domestic production - alongside capitalism. Submitted by Anonymous on January 20, 2013 The analysis of patriarchy in our society ...

In the last 50 years, women have been seeking gender equality. We have been moving into the public sphere reserved for men since the Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s, continually pushing for ...

Ever since I “became a woman” at 13, I was quick to defend reproductive rights in the interest of my own safety and autonomy, as well as that of other girls and women; but I could never answer the ess ...

“UC Berkeley sits on the territory of xučyun, the ancestral and unceded land of the Chochenyo speaking Ohlone people.” Since its conception, the college has sat on this land and we continue to benefit ...

I recently broke the cardinal rule of a peaceful online existence: Don’t get into arguments on social media. In general, it’s a rule I follow assiduously in order to stay sane. But this time…this time ...

This post is in response to Free Speech vs. Hate Speech By Elizabeth J. Meyer Ph.D. This month I learned that a controversial speaker was scheduled to come to my university’s campus. He often insults ...

By creating an ideological hegemony of consent, brahminical patriarchy ensured that women remained closely guarded and therefore maintain the caste system.