  Prior to the introduction of the term gender, feminists most readily used the concept of patriarchy because it offered a framework grounded in ideological and socioeconomic conditions that allowed for articulating the cause of women’s oppression (Schutte &amp; Femenías 2010: 403). In many ways, patriarchy served as a glue of consciousness-raising in late 20th century women’s movements of Latin America, helping connect women by identifying their shared subordinate status under conditions of patriarchy.