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Wikipedia: Patriarchy

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The English-language Wikipedia article on patriarchy as a social system, covering its definition, contested prehistory, and the scholarly debate over how far it is biologically versus culturally determined.

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3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): a general encyclopedia article used for standard, uncontested definitional claims and to source a real, named scholarly debate rather than adjudicate it.
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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy
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Wikipedia: Patriarchy
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Patriarchy is a social system in which the primary positions of authority are held by men, in the areas of political leadership, moral authority and control of property.
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Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Institutions and Social Structures, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 connected, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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8

Institutions and Social Structures

Scholarly debate

1

Institutions and Social Structures

Connected

1

Institutions and Social Structures

General References

3

Institutions and Social Structures

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