Ideal Type

• Hypothetical construct used for analysis and comparison; not “ideal” as in desirable; Max Weber

Patriarchal Family

All men have power over all women

Men own all property

Women treated as property

Women have no decision-making

authority in family or society.

Matriarchal Family

All women have power over all men

Women own all property

Men treated as property

Men have no decision-making

authority in family or society

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