Short Note on Patriarchal Family System

Patriarchal Marriage System which is at present popular in whole of India where man is the head of the family. According to ancient sources, after marriage bride goes to bridegroom’s home and adopts the family name of the husband’s family, and stays permanently at her in-laws. In this family, head is the elder male i.e. father, grand father or great grand father in the family. All the property is owned and inherited by the males in the family. The family affairs are controlled and looked after by the head of the family. Here in this type of system woman has got subordinate position.

The patriarchal system was not that much gender sensitive and they were bias towards women. Due to this gender inequalities are seen in different areas such as schooling, literacy, rate, child mortality, inheritance, involvement of women in social, economic, political process etc. This always have showed gender disparities. This gender biasness is not only followed in India but it is the universal phenomenon.

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