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Patriarchy’s long roots

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What Is Patriarchy?

Angela Sainey: Patriarchy was very much a concept used by feminist historians in the 70s and 80s. But Judith Bennett said it's barely whispered now by feminist historians, she says. Why do you think that is so now that feminist historians don't talk about patriarchy? June Purvis: I think it has fallen out of favor. It became less useful as a concept because what was it really?

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