Patriarchy using Feminism in today's modern era!!!
The effect of Feminism (equal right to women) on the structure in society and the role & responsibility in family is immense. In the modern era, society is having more and more families with working wives thanks to the acceptance of women's economic right. The social trend has changed and so the groom's preference in marriage over time; from house wife, to educated & home maker and now to educated, working & financially independent partner. However, in this new relationship, who is "making home" is not explicitly called out. of course, it is obvious, isn't it? This is how the patriarchal notion is silently using "Feminism".
A family nucleus is the smallest organization which can then be combined to get a society. So I believe, the changes we want at a society level, must be achieved at this nucleus level. The family has to perform many tasks to survive as shown below. Since in a patriarchy, Man is the provider managing Finance, he has more visibility in the society and so holds more power in society. Woman manages the domestic production i.e. manage all other house-chores for the family's survival. In this conjugal relationship, Man employs Woman to manage household production and Woman employs Man to get finance. However, since Man has more power in society because of the very nature of the task it performs, it can actually oppress the woman.
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