http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/patriarchy Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:29:14 -0400 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:29:14 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/52/female-norms-and-the-patriarchal-power-structure-in-shakespeares-hamlet By Wendy J. Rogers - This ability to create upheaval increases in accordance with the amount of power an individual may hold within the traditional power structure. If this independence from conventional thought occurs in someone with a high political rank, they potentially have the power to cause a collapse within that structure. A person with little political power who finds protection within the established system has little recourse and is left defenseless when that system collapses. Given their traditionally less visible roles in society, rebellious women stand is sharp contrast to their more compliant sisters... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:21 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/52/female-norms-and-the-patriarchal-power-structure-in-shakespeares-hamlet http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/32/in-search-of-manhood-the-black-males-struggle-for-identity-and-power By Aza Nedhari - Within the cultural framework of America, the systemic structure is characterized by White male patriarchy that allows for Black males to have the ability to negotiate the way in which they have been socialized and institutionalized to think, act, and behave because they are men. However, the reality of race and the lack of diversity in the purest sense,  impedes upon this effort and cripples the black male's ability to truly transition into manhood. He is left to constantly struggle and fight for an identity, for power, for respect, and for understanding of who he is versus what he is projected... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:20 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/32/in-search-of-manhood-the-black-males-struggle-for-identity-and-power