patriarchy

A society where - men have a disproportionate share of political, economic, and social power; - men control all systems of representation (religion, "media," literature, etc.) and use them to depict the world from their point of view and marginalize women; - there are widely shared cultural beliefs that men are more socially valued and more competent than women at most things (e.g., Michael Conway et al., 1996; David Wagner and Joseph Berger, 1997; John Williams and Deborah Best, 1990; and Susan Fiske et al., 2002); - women are the primary targets of gender violence and men are the primary perpetrators of gender violence; etc.