Male supremacy functions as a political strategy maintaining gendered power relations

Evidence

Supremacy of the male sex thus becomes not only a sexual and social problem, but a political strategy for maintaining existing power relations that subordinate women. These unequal power relations manifest themselves through women’s failure to access the basic resources that enable their full and equal participation in politics. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 928

Categorization

• XREF: Aligns with radical feminist critique of patriarchy as structural, not merely attitudinal. — connects to: Men invented the feminine-immanence division to preserve masculine privileges — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 157; Liberal democracy’s neutral ideals mask racial and gendered domination — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 406; Male leaders exploited internal women’s disputes as proof they could not self-govern — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 754 (+1 more)