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Matrilineal Society Essay

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QUESTION 2: The term “discourse” refers written and spoken definition of a subject or topic. It also denotes generalization of a certain concept. With the present discourses of a society it can be understood why and how people take up particular qualities and then relate it to others. Discourse may give power to a group of people and on the contrary it can disempower the same group. Taking women as oppressed group is such a disempowering discourse of feminism, which can be harmful for women. In South Asian continent it may create many problems such as double marginalizing women, can be a threat to the matrilineal society. Marking women as the most oppressed group can create double oppression for women. In most of the regions of the world the patriarchal system is followed and it cannot be overlooked. In the patriarchal system it is obvious that women face many forms of oppression. Many feminist fights against this oppression. In this fight, women are taken as the most oppressed group. However, if …show more content…

If she is not aware at all about the outside world of her society, then the patriarchy may create threat to her identity. As she is from the matrilineal society, she may not have faced oppression for her gender. In the patriarchal system she will be introduced to gender discrimination and the system that she has been followed from her childhood will be questioned. It will be hard for her to match her norms and values with the patriarchal society. She may feel that patriarchy is the main enemy for women. She may feel safe only in her society but she can also think her cultural practices have no value in the real world. As most of the society in the world follows the patriarchy, so for her the real world may be a threat to her values. The discourse of women as the oppressed group is not only opposite to the norms of matrilineal system but also a threat for

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