The separation of the patriarchal and matriarchal lines divided a family into gentes. Families are either patriarchal or matriarchal, according to the tribe. Many such practices originate in patriarchal ideologies. The Vedic society was patriarchal and patrilineal. Others see him as prescribing quite patriarchal and misogynistic views. Those conditions are largely expressed through capitalist and patriarchal relations. Esperanza finds a way out of patriarchal oppression. Alcoff claims cultural feminism places women in a position overdetermined by patriarchal systems. It was something of a combination of the monarchical and patriarchal forms. Special privileges and status are granted to males in patriarchal societies. He in turn describes logocentrism as phallocratic, patriarchal and masculinist. The Zulu people govern under a patriarchal society. This law has maintained the tradition of exclusively patriarchal tribal lineage. The gender pay gap has been produced and sustained through patriarchal and capitalist conditions. Other sales were described as brutal, patriarchal, and feudalistic.