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Heteropatriarchy


Heteropatriarchy (etymologically from hetero[sexuality] and patriarchy) is a socio-political system in which men and the heterosexuality have primacy over other genders and over other sexual orientations. Heterosexual men are not only given primacy over other gender and sexual minorities, but are also encouraged and rewarded in a heteropatriarchical society.

From the feminist point of view, the term patriarchy refers to the father as the power holder inside the family hierarchy, and therefore, women become subordinate to the power of men. With the emergence of queer theory around the 1980s and the 1990s and the questioning of the heteronormativity and the gender binary, this kind of domination is not only described in terms of sex or gender (the predominance of men over woman, or the masculine over the feminine) but also in terms of sexuality (the heteronormativity, or the heterosexuality above other sexual orientations and the cisgender over other identities). The term heteropatriarchy has evolved from the previous, less specific term 'patriarchy' to emphasize the formation of a man dominated society based upon the cultural processes of sexism/heterosexism. The Groundwork for Heteropatriarchy

Heteropatriarchy is a system of social dominance in which heterosexual men are privileged and routinely rewarded for presenting masculine traits. Conversely, women or people who display traits deemed feminine receive less societal privilege. Historically this has manifested in economic disadvantages such as unequal pay, or the inability for women to own land.


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