Original sentence: In some cultures, slaves were included as part of such households.Patriarchy describes the structuring of society on the basis of family units, in which fathers have primary responsibility for the welfare of their families.The word patriarchy is often used, by extension, to refer to the expectation that men also take primary responsibility for the welfare of the community as a whole, and hence fulfil the duties of public office (in anthropology and feminism, for example)
Edited sentence: ' Many modern families are headed by women (if by default), and many others in the United States, particularly since the social movements of the 1960s, have consciously attempted to break with patriarchal values that demean and oppress women.Contemporary feminists argue that gender oppression is linked to other forms of oppression such as classism, racism, homophobia and so on.Patriarchy describes the unequal structuring of society on the basis of gender such that males have greater power than females in a variety of ways.Still, the traditional ideology of patriarchal family structure which places men in the position of "head of the family" continues to be a large part of national culture in the U.The term 'patriarchy' refers both to a social structure and to what Louis Althusser called 'ideology.This gender-based hierarchical social model has implications in all aspects of life from politics to personal safety