Patriarchy In America

As soon as women are birthed into the world, there is a set of social expectations and gender roles that they must perform. This is due to the patriarchal constructs that society builds due to the obsolete idea of a patriarchy which is where men hold the most power in the government, family, et cetera. Although women, specifically in America, have achieved the freedom to pursue their life goals, women still face a persistent patriarchal society today. For example, when applying for the same job position, a man is more likely to get the job compared to a woman. This could be due to the tendency of believing the idea that males are more capable of enduring heavy workloads in contrast to women who are rumored to complain about the tasks and,
maybe eventually dropping the job position. Additionally, another patriarchal tendency in today’s society is when women are associated to men. For instance, women drop their own maiden name and adopt their husband’s surname when they get married. This happening occurs to indicate to others that the women “belongs” to the man of “that” household. This depicts that the man have the power of the household whereas, the women belongs to that man as if they are property. Likewise, women are always linked to men through labels. For instance, in some conversations, you would hear “Who’s Kate Middleton?”, “She’s Prince William’s wife.” Instead of being regarded as persons alone, women are susceptible to being characterized as a male’s wife, girlfriend, friend, boss, co-worker, daughter, et cetera as though they belong to the male.