Dominance

Situation in which one individual or group in a superior hierarchical position has the privilege of imposing their ideas or will on another individual or group. In patriarchal systems, male dominance is the power of men over women and other subordinated gender positions, which can be expressed in different forms of violence, including symbolic violence. Male dominance has at its core the differentiation and stereotyping of male and female roles, a system whereby men are considered subjects and women, objects or passive subjects. In this system of relations, male dominance is legitimized and justified by the androcentric worldview inherent to patriarchal systems.