Why societies/families are patriarchal in character?

Question

Families in Kerala irrespective of their religious beliefs had remained matrilineal through ages although such kinship organisations now remain only in form and not in substance. Breakdown of joint families and growing numbers of smaller nuclear families revolve round the breadwinner male or female. Discarded in old age, senior citizens are increasing in their numbers leading them to lonliness and isolation.

Answer 1

Families are patriarchal when they have minds still influenced by the Kali Yuga that has passed. Patriarchy was necessary in the dark age because in general man has more physical strength than woman and "feminine" values like compassion and nurturing were less useful than "masculine" values like winning and fighting.

You see a growing feminine influence in societies where service industries predominate, machines do the donkey work, and some women earn high salaries ~ and where the culture is not warlike. e.g Norway, Finland. Hopefully this will spread to Kerala and India generally during the next generation as material conditions improve. India loves both shanti and ahimsa and will be fertile for the gentler values once the present poverty lifts and everyone's basic needs are mostly met.

Answer 2

Life is fast every where, not just in Kerala....no one has sufficient time to solace even the parents...you just cant blame them for the situation...its today you n tomorrow I follows.....

Not just intentionally....the situation warrants..

Answer 3

it just does not make sense, guess it is a dog eat dog world.
water is thicker than blood these days.

Answer 4

because so for it is male dominated no body knows how long

Answer 5

ther is no connectioon in the question and the discription of it....