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Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage.

Patriarchy is associated with a set of ideas, a patriarchal ideology that acts to explain and justify this dominance and attributes it to inherent natural differences between men and women. Sociologists tend to see patriarchy as a social product and not as an outcome of innate differences between the sexes and they focus attention on the way that gender roles in a society affect power differentials between men and women.

Historically, patriarchy has manifested itself in the social, legal, political, religious, and economic organization of a range of different cultures. Even if not explicitly defined to be by their own constitutions and laws, most contemporary societies are, in practice, patriarchal.

The patriarchy is a multilayered phenomenon; it implements itself in law, state government, workforce, at home, etc. Many times, patriarhal ideaologies are not recognized in society due to the fact that they are embedded in norms and traditions, and thus they seem natural or inevitable.

Modern history
Patriarchal ideologies are still largely present in Latin American culture and society. Double standards are still prevalent wherein most attacks on women in latin american countries have been carried out due to suspicion of infidelity, while men are still openly allowed to have extramarital affairs.

Feminist theory
Women at the Institute for Women's Policy Research detail that women make up almost half of the workforce, receive more college degrees than men, yet on average still only make 82 cents for every man's dollar as of 2018. According to their estimates, if the pace of change stays consistent, women will not achieve equal pay until at least 2059. and that statistic is not true for all women, either. Women of color will have to wait much longer that than to receive equal pay; black women will have to wait an extra 71 years and hispanic women an extra 156.