This post is in response to Free Speech vs. Hate Speech By Elizabeth J. Meyer Ph.D. This month I learned that a controversial speaker was scheduled to come to my university’s campus. He often insults ...

The word “patriarchy” today is often thrown around as if both its meaning and it implications are obvious. In fact the word has multiple meanings, and depending on which meaning we choose, the ...

The notion of a patriarchal society was first written about in England 400-500 years ago. “In the 16th and 17th centuries, people who were interested in political structure started talking about ...

This is a simple question. How do you (as in you, personally and also you as in “one”) live with the rage that the patriarchy evokes? I know there are many ways to define patriarchy and also many ...

It’s the last gasp of the patriarchy. And that’s a good thing. A great thing. About time. And it’s only fitting that the symbol of the dying world-view is a privileged, greedy man without honor or ...

International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women’s achievements, but we’d like to start with a provocative statement: Should we reframe it as Anti-Patriarchy Day? While it is a day to see how far ...

A few months ago, I had the privilege of participating in two interactive dialogue sessions of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women on behalf of the Philippine government – the first ...

THE big ideas: What is Power? Power is anarchy. It dismantles patriarchal social structures and allows us to rebuild them with equity at their foundation. By Mona Eltahawy Contributing Opinion Writer ...