Patriarchy, Women’s Triple Roles and Development in Southwest Nigeria

Abstract

The study was conducted to establish the root of the various manifestations in the labour process that tend to value men and what they do than women and what they do. This was done against the background knowledge that fingered patriarchy as a contributory factor. The paper therefore examined what happens at the household level between the respondents and their husbands in terms of decision-making processes. One hundred and ninety-five (195) out of 225 sampled propertied women who owned landed and movable properties were selected for the study. It is strongly believed that whatsoever happens at the household level between husband and wife (wives) has a way of replicating itself in the other sphere of the society including the process of production. In its concluding remarks the paper submitted that patriarchy was not only a fundamental cause of the slant relationship between men and women, it has become highly institutionalized with the support of women folks to maintain the status quo over the years. The imbalance relationship between men and women in the social relations of production and, indeed, the whole super-structure of the society could however be changed gradually through the use of the social reproductive role of women