Patriarchal way of Thinking, Living, and Governance
Patriarchy is a mindset where resources are ABUSED to satisfy EGOSELF and this is majorly seen in the behaviour of men with dangerously high level of testosterones hormone. Their major focus is to “KILL or GET KILLED” and not LIVE AND LET LIVE. So, when manhood bypass “Dhamma” or righteousness, it enters into the zone of Patriarchy.
Hence, it is NOT men versus women. Women have never denied the role of a man in building up the progressive society. Chivalry says all inclusive, Patriarchy utters me-myself.
Historical Stories asks us to reflect what is Dharma and Adharma. It still guides men, where to draw the line so that man’s chivalry does not get converted into Patriarchy.
But, Ashoka, the third Mauryan Emperor underwent a bitter war of succession following the death of his father, Emperor Bindusara. Genghis Khan and his mass rapes are responsible for one third of world’s population, having his genetic material. All such incidences depicts the bitter face of power-hungry Patriarchal mindset.
19th century industrial revolution and two world wars, Nazi-Holocaust, one can clearly see that when men’s needs changed into greed, the whole planet became a war zone which didn’t spare children even and became the classic example of mass chemical imbalance in men.
Here, in the modern history, such incidences made POWER as the prime religion.
Depiction in Kama Sutra and Mandirs of Khajuraho, elaborate the right conduct of a Sambhrant (a civilised citizen), as a perfect balance of three life goals: Dharma (moral duty), Artha (wealth), and Kama (pleasure) where even the Nagar-Vadhu was considered as a person of respect.
All the Gods, the Siddhas, the saints, the powerful people transformed from Patriarchal mindset to marg of Dhamma to become peace propagators.
Men say that every technological progression that we see today is accomplished by them, true. When for the first time a man created a washing machine, it was out of love, and compassion for significant ones. In non-patriarchal foot prints, the most basic trait of manhood is to protect and provide. But the day he felt proud of his creation and developed a desire for commercial use to nourish his ego. Here begins the game of patriarchal control and power.
In India, centuries of invasions fuelled the patriarchal mindset conditioning, and Sati Pratha, Dowry, Female Feticide, Rapes or Abandonment were accepted. To add on to it, patriarchy found is easy to blame females of all what is not going right and innocent women just simply received it, betrayed by their own men. It converted weaker men into slaves, women and children into commodity, and law as a toy in their hands.
In Today’s world, Russia – Ukraine, US – Iran bombing each, to get control.
In India, the war is of different type,
- Government and corporate sector in the garb of empowering women, are pitching women against men.
- Working class is pressurised for more profits, disturbing their work life balance resulting into Men becoming Narcissistic.
- Rise of Liquor and Social Media, Video Games to deprive rational thinking of the victims.
- Male victims of patriarchy are deluded with ego, competition, jealously, demeaning, their own women.
- The old school mothers have become guards of patriarchy.
Now is the time we should practice manhood with Dhamma and Compassion to reestablish the fundamentals of egalitarian society.
Abheesha Jain on Father’s Day 2026
