We interns have been taking a class together with the interns from the Cross-Cultural Center and the LGBT Resource Center. The Women's Center interns were given the assignment to collaboratively come up with definitions for patriarchy and sexism. Our definitions were not centered around our work here, but simply how we see the world. Here's what we came up with.
Patriarchy: systems that function to benefit and constantly re-create the invisible and visible power encapsulated in masculinity and the male gender
Sexism: belief/attitude (ideology) coming across genders that utilize the oppression/subordination of one sex as being more valuable than the other is
What do you think? What would you change, add or remove? Let us know in the comments.
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