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[–]MezozoicGaygay male 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I would not say it is 19th century invention, because even in ancient world it was like that. It was less strict, it is true - as women could do things or be in power sometimes, but only sometimes and only if they try really hard (or got lucky). So maybe it was not called patriarchy, but roots for it were there.

And your point is correct, in more primitive, and especially isolated cases, tribes - women could even be the central in society, mostly because of women ability to gave birth. In small (like pacific ocean "Love Island") tribes, they can sacrifice all men to let at least one woman to live, because they know that woman will continue their tribe and heritage.

So I should take a bit more late times in development, when society become society and social rules started to appear.

[–]lairacunda 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't mean that patriarchy got invented in the 1800s. I meant that the social sciences that explain prehistory to us are largely an invention of that generation of men.