male authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaleandauthority
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male
adjective
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofmaleandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmale authority
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Their arguments were startling in their radical challenge tomaleauthority.
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Their share in formal sector employment was sharply reduced, increasing women's dependence on male income and reinforcingmaleauthoritywithin the household.
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However, this status also implied some degree of independence frommaleauthority.#!
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The important point is that what distinguishes these factions is the degree of reform which they considered compatible with retaining some degree ofmaleauthority.
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Once again, both supporters and opponents of married women's property rights thought the existence of married women's separate estate compatible with retaining some degree ofmaleauthority.
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The idea that a married woman might have a legal right she could enforce against her husband ran totally against the perceived need formaleauthority.
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When a man took in a wandering woman, protecting her and exerting a measure ofmaleauthorityover her, elders were inclined to absolve him of the crime of adultery.
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When, in the case of infant custody, they could not privilege that group, the principle ofmaleauthority was left intact in all but the most exceptional circumstances.
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The committee had one solitary married woman to face this phalanx ofmaleauthority.
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The principle ofmaleauthoritycould be challenged when women chose different religious leaders from their husbands and fathers.
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Other anti-feminists oppose women's entry into the workforce, political office, and the voting process, as well as the lessening ofmaleauthorityin families.
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In contrast, the woman is commanded to wear it to symbolize her submission tomaleauthority.
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The pamphlet also argues vigorously thatmaleauthorityover females should be absolute and is of divine origin.
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Patriarchal structures are relatively stronger in the rural and tribal setting where local customs establishmaleauthorityand power over womens lives.
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This has been posited, in part, to be because of the perceived threat they pose to traditionalmaleauthority.
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As such, they must submit tomaleauthorityfigures in the family failure to do so can result in extreme violence as punishment.
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Vanstone credits the fact that she does not defer tomaleauthorityto growing up in a female-headed household and attending a school run by women.
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Many of these traditionalists oppose women's entry into the workforce, political office, and the voting process, as well as the lessening ofmaleauthorityin families.
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