'''Baviksalarî''' an '''patriarkalî''' pergalek civakî ye ku tê de pozîsyonên serdestî û îmtiyazê di serî de mêr têne girtin.<ref>{{Jêder-ensîklopedî |sernav=Definition of PATRIARCHY |ensîklopedî=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patriarchy |ziman=en }}</ref><ref>{{Jêder-ensîklopedî |sernav=patriarchy |ensîklopedî=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/patriarchy |ziman=en }}</ref><ref>{{Jêder-ensîklopedî |sernav=Meaning of patriarchy in English |ensîklopedî=Cambridge Dictionary }}</ref> Hem wekî têgînek antropolojîk a teknîkî ji bo malbat an qebîleyên ku ji hêla bav an mêrê mezin an koma mêran ve têne kontrol kirin û hem jî di teoriya femînîst de tê bikar anîn ku ji bo danasîna pêkhateyên civakî yên berfireh ên ku tê de mêr li ser jin û zarokan serdest in tê bikar anîn. Di van teoriyan de ew bi gelemperî li ser cûrbecûr diyardeyên ku tê de mêr li ser yên din xwedî îmtiyazên civakî ne ku dibin sedema îstîsmar an zordestiyê, wek mînak bi serdestiya mêr a desthilatdariya exlaqî û kontrolkirina milkê ve tê dirêj kirin.<ref name=":7">{{Jêder-kovar |paşnav=Walby |pêşnav=Sylvia |tarîx=May 1989 |sernav=Theorising Patriarchy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42853921 |kovar=Sociology |cild=23 |hejmar=2 |rr=213–234 |doi=10.1177/0038038589023002004 |jstor=42853921 |via=JSTOR |s2cid=220676988 }} "I shall define patriarchy as a system of social structures, and practices in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women." "There are six main patriarchal structures which together constitute a system of patriarchy. These are: a patriarchal mode of production in which women's labour is expropriated by their husbands; patriarchal relations within waged labour; the patriarchal state; male violence; patriarchal relations in sexuality; and patriarchal culture."</ref><ref>{{Jêder-kitêb |url=https://archive.org/details/womenhistory00lern |sernav=The creation of patriarchy |paşnav=Lerner |pêşnav=Gerda |tarîx=1986 |weşanger=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-503996-2 |cih=New York |rr=238–239 |oclc=13323175 |jêgirtin=In its narrow meaning, patriarchy refers to the system, historically derived from Greek and Roman law, in which the male head of the household had absolute legal and economic power over his dependent female and male family members. }} "Patriarchy in its wider definition means the manifestation and institutionalization of male dominance over women and children in the family and the extension of male dominance over women in society in general."</ref><ref>{{Jêder-kovar |paşnav1=Hunnicutt |pêşnav1=Gwen |tarîx=1 gulan 2009 |sernav=Varieties of Patriarchy and Violence Against Women: Resurrecting "Patriarchy" as a Theoretical Tool |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801208331246 |kovar=Violence Against Women |cild=15 |hejmar=5 |rr=553–573 |doi=10.1177/1077801208331246 |issn=1077-8012 |pmid=19182049 |jêgirtin=The core concept of patriarchy—systems of male domination and female subordination |s2cid=206667077 }} "Although patriarchy has been variously defined, for purposes of this article, it means social arrangements that privilege males, where men as a group dominate women as a group, both structurally and ideologically—hierarchical arrangements that manifest in varieties across history and social space."</ref> Civakên baviksalarî dikarin bibin patrîlîneal an matrîlîneal, tê vê wateyê ku milk û sernav bi rêzê bi rêzê ji hêla nêr an mê ve têne mîras kirin.