Heteropatriarchy
As a hetero patriarchy (acronym of hetero- [sexuality] and patriarchy ) a socio-political system is understood, in which the male gender and heterosexuality over other social gender and other sexual orientations prevail. The theory states that the discrimination of women and the LGBTI ! Community by the same sexist social principle is caused.
From a feminist point of view, the term “patriarchy” refers to the father as head of the family hierarchy (compare the Roman pater familias ), and thus to the subordination of women to men . According to the queer theory of the 1970s and 1980s and the questioning of forced heterosexuality and the gender binary , this domination is not only established in relation to gender (the predominance of men over women or male over female ), but also in relation to sexuality ( heteronormativity or heterosexuality through other sexual orientations and the cisgender through other gender identities ).
Heteropatriarchy is a system of social domination in which heterosexual men are privileged and rewarded for macho behavior. Conversely, women who refuse to behave in a typically feminine way or who show behavior that is socially seen as masculine receive a social disadvantage . Historically, this manifests itself in economic and societal disadvantages, such as wage differences for the same job or barriers to reaching leadership positions for women or for homosexual men.
Heteropatriarchy is one of the facets of intersectional feminist analysis that has been used to explain modern social structure . According to the feminist analysis, this is based on a hierarchical system of interlocking forces of power and oppression. These structures are reinforced by gender-specific norms that assign characteristics of femininity and masculinity to women and men. One of the foundations of this dichotomous view is the nuclear family as a model of the typical family unit that dictates the need for two heterosexual parents with the ability to produce offspring. This family model is reinforced by various social institutions such as religion, the educational system or the workplace. Paradoxically, the LGBTI community was also integrated into this heteropatrial model through same-sex marriage . With same-sex marriage equality, the theory still considers polyamorous or non-monogamous relationships to be non- equals .
The heteropatriarchal worldview of society was promoted and expanded by colonialism . As a result of European culture and its hegemony , other gender orders with a different understanding of society and gender have also been displaced in other parts of the world .
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Individual evidence
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- ↑ Jutta Hartmann, Christian Klasse: Heteronormativity- Empirical Studies on Gender, Sexuality and Power- An Introduction . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-14611-9 , p. 10 .
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- ↑ Three Discourses on the Homonormatization of Gays and Lesbians. Asparkía. 2015.
- ↑ Decolonizing Feminism: Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism and Heteropatriarchy. Feminist Formations. 2013.