Representation of patriarchy in polygamy
Introduction
Since the issue we address in this research is about the causes of polygamy in the Fang ethnicity, and which in turn constitutes a study on patriarchy in equatorial guinea, it is essential to offer a theoretical foundation on the concept of patriarchy for its bestcomprehension. In this sense, we point out that tracing the origins of patriarchy implies inexorably questioning about the domain of man over women.
Developing
Contribute to thinking about what time in history the men decided that women had to be submissive to them. It is not about extending reflection on this particular, but we want to understand a complex reality such as the subordination of women to men. Those who question patriarchy, especially feminist movements, usually raise some questions such as: Is the subordination of women to men natural? What legitimizes men to invisible women?
It could be thought that these are mere questions asked by the most radical feminist current that tries to go against the "natural order" of things. Precisely, feminists question this "natural order" that advises that men have to be and are superior to women. Following this issue of the natural order of things, the concept of patriarchy has emerged. When debate about the origin and existence of the patriarchy, the intention should not be to lookmen and women.
In its strictly etymological sense, patriarchy means parents’ government. Now, when talking about parents it does not seem that women are included, at least it does not seem like that. It has exclusively as a reference to man, because he is the father. In most of the cultures that have existed, if not in all of them, a common pattern can be seen very sharplythe history.
For this reason, Lerner points out that "the most important and significant issue for the historian is this: how, when and why the subordination of women occurred" (Lerner). Surely, what it is about is to know if there was another system that was totally opposed to the patriarchy. From here the enormous efforts of many feminist are departed in demonstrating that there was a more or less equal matriarchal society in antiquity.
In addition, facts such as the role of Spartan women or the domain and power that Queen Cleopatra had in Egypt, help defend this thesis. Although there are investigations that corroborate the existence of a hypothetical matriarchal society that was replaced or assaulted by the patriarchal, the subordination of women is related to the history of the human species on earth. Therefore, patriarchy is as old as the human person. Patriarchy has used the biological differences between men and women to base male superiority.
Therefore, we can argue that the origins of patriarchy are very remote and are found in prehistoric societies. In relation to this, patriarchy is presented as: a historical creation elaborated by men and women in a process that took almost 2.500 years to complete. The first form of patriarchy appeared in the archaic state. The basic unit of its organization was the patriarchal family, which constantly expressed and generated its standards and values (Lerner).
While it is true that patriarchy is a very old system, it must also be recognized that it has become something that has to demolish with all urgency because it dehumanizes the woman by subsumating her in a psychological state that she presents as normal. It can be said that the cuisine of the subordination of women is in patriarchy because it has been responsible for indoctrinating women. The idea of the inferiority of women has been exposed and defended in several ways. Likewise, religion and mythology have also supported this inferiority.
As mentioned UT Supra, most of the ancient societies have been guided by the patriarchal structure. As far as African peoples are concerned, many differences with other societies are not observed, since also in the villages of Africa, such as the Fang, which constitute our object of study, a patriarchal organization is observed that privileges a lot of man granting him powerabsolute about women. Patriarchy is a concept that although it has evolved, adapting to modern society, it is still necessary to combat it to achieve or achieve a little more fair societies.
It is not utopian to think that a mega structure as rooted as patriarchy can have an end, since what is being sought once understood how it arises is to establish mechanisms to prevent no woman from feeling inferior to the man in front of the man. It is an imperative for modern societies to do things differently, since men and women.
Patriarchate: a conceptualization
In international literature, the question of patriarchy is very studied. That is, we are facing a concept that has a very wide literature. Therefore, our purpose in this investigation is not to rebuild the theoretical framework of the patriarchy, because we consider that for that there is already a lot of bibliography. The goal we intend to achieve with this section is to better understand this concept so that it allows us to argue objectively about the manifestation of patriarchy in the Fang ethnicity.
In order to avoid unnecessary debates about this term, it is necessary to offer the different dissertations that have been thrown on the patriarchy. In advance we warn that there is, as we will see from now on, a plethora of authors who have dedicated itself deeply to the study of this concept. The historical precedents of this concept are born with feminist theory, which needs a concept that explained better or at least that it collected the discrimination that women have suffered throughout history. Thus, we find the patriarchy defined as:
conclusion
The manifestation and institutionalization of the male domain over women and the children of the family, domain that extends to society in general. It implies that men have power in all important institutions of society and that women are deprived of access to them, but does not imply that women do not have any type of power, rights, influences or resources (Lerner). In the previous appointment, it is evidently stated that patriarchy represents the absolute domain of men over women.
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