1The patriarchal structure of 19th-century inheritance law systematically excluded women from land ownership.
2Is it possible to reform a deeply patriarchal institution from within, or must it be dismantled entirely?
3Feminist historiography has not merely critiqued patriarchal narratives but has recovered the agency of women long erased from the record.
4Do not assume that patriarchal norms operate identically across cultures; their manifestations are historically and geographically contingent.
5There is a persistent tension in liberal democracies between formal legal equality and the patriarchal assumptions embedded in social practice.