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Swedish
Etymology
From kön (“sex, gender”) + makt (“power”) + ordning (“order, regime, system”). Literally, 'regime of gender power'.
Noun
könsmaktsordning c
- (sociology, gender studies) gender order; a social regime of structuring and distributing power between genders.
1994, Lärdomshistoriska Samfundet, Lärdomshistoriska samfundets årsbok, Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri, page 214:Bidragen i antologin utgörs sammanlagt av sjutton artiklar som täcker Västerlandet under medeltiden fram till 1600-talet. Sammanållande länk är resonemangen om drottingskap-suveränitet, inte minst hur drottningskap hänger samman med den könsmaktsordning som rått.- The contributions in the anthology consist in total of seventeen articles that cover the Occident during the Medieval age until the 17th century. The connecting link are the arguments about queenship and sovereignty, not least how the queenship is connected to the then prevailing social regime of structuring and distributing power between genders.
2012 February 2, “Pär Ström projicerar och förnekar.”, in Fria Psykologen (blog):Patriarkatet är en könsmaktsordning som även drabbar de som betraktas som svaga bland män, [...].- The patriarchy is a regime of structuring and distributing power between genders that affects those considered weak among the men as well
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