The most important patriarchal institution is obviously the trad family. What isn’t obvious is that this is also the strongest. Unlike others, there is no market of substitutes or an impersonal state-based alt. Exit/voice is very weak. You cannot change families like jobs.
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Replying to @vgr
This is sort of true, but ignores the enormous significance of the historic transition from the extended to the nuclear family as the primary locus of socialization.
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