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as in clerical
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as in older
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Experts warn that the number of cases recorded are a fraction of what may be the real number, in a deeply patriarchal country where shame and stigma surround rape victims and their families and where cases face delays and backlogs in court, denying victims justice or closure.
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Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
It‘s the civilized, patriarchal world that drives her to drink—and Shauna to despair, and Taissa to compartmentalize her political aspirations into one box and, er, blood sacrifice into another.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
McGahern hammers so long and so hard on these disavowals, in fact, that one wonders what more is being renounced: God, country, the patriarchal family structure, or the whole damn thing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
Because hair is a currency in Western capitalistic, white supremacist, colonialist, patriarchal beauty standards, whether in effect or in response, Black hair is also a currency by its own cultural standards.
—Akilah Sailers, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
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Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
It‘s the civilized, patriarchal world that drives her to drink—and Shauna to despair, and Taissa to compartmentalize her political aspirations into one box and, er, blood sacrifice into another.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
McGahern hammers so long and so hard on these disavowals, in fact, that one wonders what more is being renounced: God, country, the patriarchal family structure, or the whole damn thing.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024
Because hair is a currency in Western capitalistic, white supremacist, colonialist, patriarchal beauty standards, whether in effect or in response, Black hair is also a currency by its own cultural standards.
—Akilah Sailers, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Patriarchal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriarchal. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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