Patriarchal
Patriarchal adjective - Characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line.
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Sexist and patriarchal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sexist" instead an adjective "Patriarchal".
Sexist
Sexist adjective - Discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men's attitude toward women).
Patriarchal and sexist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Patriarchal" instead an adjective "Sexist".
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- The Westerosi society is patriarchal and sexist (except Dorne, see below) which had several incompetent, evil and insane men leading their houses sidelining their more stable female relatives behind.
- Subverted by most of the Graysons in the Honor Harrington novels - while they're sexist and patriarchal, they mean it when they say that they are protecting their women by keeping them out of the workforce and military.
Source: Straw Misogynist -
Mulan is just full of sexist songs like "A Girl Worth Fighting For" and "Honour to Us All", which fit in with how casually patriarchal ancient China was.
Source: Deliberate Values Dissonance
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