From the Oxford languages dictionary:  "A patriarchy is a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line." "A patriarchy is a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it."
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"Patriarchy" is a label that I assign to a human cultural, social, economic and religious system whereby humans can derive self meaning and organize themselves to function as family units, organize into social groupings, conduct economic, governmental and military activity and deal with other human social entites and their environment. In a patriarchy, the male holds power and male values dominate in the culture and the conduct of social affairs. Some of these male values are the use of violence of all kinds, domination, vertical power structures, separation into different groups according race, gender, ethnic origin, religion, and sexual orientation, etc. Women are not allowed to hold power and are traditionally relegated to childrearing, taking care of the home and providing for the sexual wants and needs of the males. Entitlement is a predominant attitude in patriarchy. "Special-ness" is a strong patriarchal attitude. The concept of private property of all kinds is a key patriarchal economic concept. Patriarchy is strongly opposed to Holistic concept. 

It is my conviction that human patriarchy has generated an enormous amount of violence, exploitation, death, pain, and suffering throughout the course of recorded human history. And patriarchy has now brought humanity into an ecological crisis of climate change, species extinction and loss of natural resources. And this same patriarchy has brought the human species to the verge of now multiple existential crises, labeled the "Polycrisis" that includes potential nuclear self-annihilation, civilization collapse due to climate change, and now the new threat posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

It is essential that we come to understand patriarchy's subtle tenants & values deeply buried in our religion and culture and the serious threat it poses for our future. These topics are discussed below. I believe we need start discarding patriarchy's dangerous and obsolescent grip on our minds and society. Then we can make a clear choice and transition to a more holistic, much less violent and much more sustainable future. The Sustainability page on this website is devoted to this holistic path to a better future.