I'm talking about the sociological definition of patriarchy, not the wiki definition, or the feminist definition — the historical, anthropological one. And none of your pie in the sky ideas about whatever you imagine human history has been like are the ones supported by science. What I write is firmly grounded in things that are far from speculation. Besides that, humans aren't like other animals - not even our closest relatives such as chimps and bonobos. In fact, most anthropologists agree that transcending our primate ancestors dominance hierarchies was a central adaptation of human evolution. And, I don't have time to educate you on the history, anthropology, primatology, and sociology of the human experience beyond these, just a few of the 40 or so stories I've researched and written on these topics:
