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Patriarchy is the primary obstacle to women’s advancement and development. Despite differences in levels of domination, the broad principles remain the same, i.e. Men are in control. The nature of this control may differ. So it is necessary to understand the system, which keeps women dominated and subordinated, and to unravel its workings in order to work for women’s development in a systematic way. In the modern world where women go ahead by their merits, patriarchy there creates obstacles for women to go ahead in society. Because patriarchal institutions and social relations are responsible for the inferior or secondary status of women. Patriarchal society gives absolute priority to men and to some extent limits women’s human rights too. Patriarchy refers to the male domination both in public and private spheres. In this way, feminists use the term 'patriarchy' to describe the power relationship between men and women as well as to find out the root cause of women's subordination. This article, therefore, is an attempt to analyze the concept of patriarchy and women’s subordination in a theoretical perspective.

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