Understanding Patriarchy

Deborah Derozin                                                 

Professor Cacoilo

Acts of Resistance 

05, February 2020

                                                                Understanding Patriarchy

As per Bell Hooks, "Patriarchy is a political- social system that insists that males inherently dominating, superior to everything, and everyone deemed weak, especially females, and endowed with the right to dominate and rule over the weak and to maintain that dominance through various forms of psychological terrorism and violence.” As people evolve unfortunately culture moves at a slower rate. People still hold on to many beliefs and morals knowing the impact and the negative effects in today’s society. Patriarchy has been present since B.C and it continued to be taught in school, in our home and even in church. Feminism is someone that believes in the equal rights of both genders. If we all were femist the world would be a much comfortable place for all of us to live in

Audre Lorde is a black woman, poet, civil rights and women’s rights activist. She devoted her life and her creative talent to confronting, addressing and undoing racism, sexism, classism and homophobia. Most of her poems pertain to feminism, her identity as a black lesbia woman and intersectionality. She challenged the status quo by bringing awareness to things that were intense, and painful that most people avoid talking about. Her poetry focused a lot on women’s rights and she gave women a voice and more hope.