# Progressive Summary # Rough Notes # Structured Notes # Quotes > We define patriarchy as a culture based on a gender binary and hierarchy, a framework or lens that:     > > 1. Leads us to see human capacities as either “masculine” or “feminine” and to privilege the masculine.   > > 2. Elevates some men over other men and all men over women.   > > 3. Forces a split between the self and relationships so that in effect men have selves, whereas women ideally  are selfless, and women have relationships, which  surreptitiously serve men’s needs.