Patriarchy is “an ‘umbrella’ term for describing men's systemic dominance of women." It loosely indicates women’s oppression through male dominance. It is interlaced with power struggles, control, and conformity enforced by the male-dominant cultures of the time. Further, Sylvia Walby defines patriarchy as "a system of social structures and practices in which men dominate, oppress, and exploit women." According to Juliet Mitchell, patriarchy is a system of kinship among men based on the commodification and exchange of women. Eisenstein compared patriarchy to a sexual hierarchy, with the woman’s role relegated to domestic labor and procreation.  "Herrschaft," a term was referred to by Max Weber as a relationship based on the domination of men over women and subordinate men in households.

Walby demonstrates six structures of patriarchy: ‘broadly termed the patriarchal mode of production, patriarchal relations in paid work, patriarchal relations in the state, male violence, patriarchal relations in sexuality, and patriarchal relations in cultural institutions such as religion, media, and education—perpetuate systemic patriarchy.’

But the history of the ‘opportunities for women is not a linear one but rather a 'snakes and ladders' type of projection in which the trajectory forward has often been plagued by societal failures and political pitfalls.’

In the last few decades, transformational technological advances throughout the globe rapidly usher in newer human behaviors, and it witnesses ‘paradigmatic shifts in the socio-cultural landscape of human civilizations.’ India also witnesses a shift in male-female relations when girls’ education (even in higher education), participation in the workforce, and entry of women in many others’ fields (once dominated by men) have been slightly (and also significantly) increased. Parental attitudes towards girls’ child education and government policies have made it easier to accelerate women’s equity and justice. But where is the safety and security of women in Indian society? Even free mixing (to some extent) has failed to provide safety and security to female folks with varied age groups. Incidents of a daily increasing rate of violence against women in many forms witness different scenarios of male-female relations so far as women’s equity, justice, and peaceful survival in society. Violence against women denies women’s contribution to a better society. Women are victims of too much politicalization in our society. Gender lens is considering women as commodities (sexual).

Swami Vivekananda realized the pain of women, and he also realized only women’s empowerment and equity to be the only instruments to India’s progress and development. He denies the concept of gender lens in his Vedanta philosophy. He explained gender equality through the soul because the soul has no sex and ‘it cannot recognize between male and female. The cultural dimension will promote the meaning of gender, and sex is the biological concept, so the meanings of gender and sex are very dissimilar.’

So, we should educate our mass to change their gender lens. According to the Vedantic philosophy, male and female have no separate identity as souls.