Patriarchy And Sexism

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The three key terms that caught my attention is matriarchy, patriarchy, and sexism. According to the textbook the matriarchy means where the social organization where women is the head of the family and takes control of the house and also handle the business decisions. I found in an article (mentalfloss.com) that there are six societies that still is governed by matriarchy in the world like Musuo, Minangkabau, Akan, Bribri, Garo, and Nagovisi. Till today this places are led by women in the society. An example, would be me personally, right now as I am the head of the family and I run my house. Secondly, the key term patriarchy according to the textbook means that the social organization where the head of the family is a male gender. Father