Patriarchal family: pros and cons

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

We have been living in a family since childhood. We are surrounded by parents, grandparents, if any, uncles and aunts. This is, of course, the best case. We know that the family is the cell of society, perhaps the strongest. It can be complete and incomplete, monogamous and polygamous. It is divided into types and types. Its most common type is patriarchal. That's what we'll talk about in our article.

Male in charge!

From the name it is clear that the patriarchal family is the one in which the husband, father dominates. It is he who makes the most important and significant decisions, he decides the fate of children and is the manager of the family budget. This refers to the classic version of this concept.

Why did the transition happen?

According to ethnographic data, the patriarchal family became the next after the matriarchal, when women dominated. With the formation of communities, women lost their rights, which men began to fully enjoy. The whole community was subordinate to one person - the father. There were such concepts as the heir and the right to inherit.

Heir to the throne

From history we know that by right of succession in royal families by the king-the father passed the throne to the eldest of the sons. The age of the heir did not matter: until he reached his majority, all the functions of the monarch were carried out by the guardian.

Stereotypes

There are different types of families, patriarchal is the most common. Some canons are already in oblivion, such as the right of inheritance. As before, in such surnames the man is the main one. Although society has become democratic and equal, very often it is the husband who remains the only breadwinner. A woman, as in ancient times, pulls the stereotype of a homemaker.

Why is he the head?

In such a unit of society as a traditional patriarchal family, the wife is subordinate to her husband (an unspoken rule). The man received his dominant role mainly due to his economic independence. If he works, then he receives income. Having concentrated in his hands the financial possibilities of the family, he makes significant decisions for her. This applies to additional activities for a child, a new purchase for a wife or a house, vacation planning, and the like. Very often, the spouse also works, but the spouse still takes care of the budget, even if her financial contribution is not less than the husband’s income. Types

The modern patriarchal family has several types:

1. When the main income belongs to the spouse, and the woman is quite satisfied with this state of affairs. There are common interests, communication takes place, mutual understanding reigns. This is the typehappy family: he and she are happy with each other.

2. When the husband does not have the main income, but only temporary, the woman is the main breadwinner. The injured husband will sooner or later begin to rebel. The reason is banal: the husband seeks to subdue his wife, and she does not like that her husband does not provide for her and the children. This alliance is doomed.

3. The third type, which is based on economic benefits. The husband is not so young, but rich, the wife is young, but without education and money. Marriage is by mutual agreement and agreement.

As life shows, the patriarchal family is quite satisfied with the female gender. A man, who is also a representative of the stronger sex, is the main pillar of their union. In contrast to the infringement of women's rights, she stands behind her husband, which means that she and her children are provided with protection and care.