HW 22: Patriarchy

Virginia Woolf said that the paper she picked up at the restaurant proved that England was a patriarchy, meaning that it is run mostly by men. I believe that she said this because most of the paper had mentioned men. In chapter two, Woolf says that “…lesser ribbons announced that Sir Austen Chamberlain was at Geneva. …Mr. Justice commented in the Divorce Courts upon the Shamelessness of Women (33). The entire paper was composed of articles that were about men and how they proved their power. After reading several newspaper articles last week, it’s easy to state that even the United States is a patriarchy. Articles about Presidential candidates, sports figures, and politicians flooded the front pages. Very few, if any, articles were about powerful women. Yes, the occasional Hilary Clinton articles came up, but they were soon overwhelmed with stories about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Woolf states that England is a patriarchy, and it’s true. Even today, in 2007, we are still a patriarchy.