We should set aside two extreme positions. One extreme, patriarchalism, emphasizes fathers as rulers. Patriarchalists would use this text to perpetuate presumptions of privilege in all areas of society. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza coined the word “kyriarchalism” (from Gk. kyrios, “lord,” and archein, “to rule”) to emphasize the interconnectedness of all forms of “lordship” or domination (Schüssler Fiorenza 2014, 9–14). Attitudes regarding male domination intersect with attitudes about slavery, tyranny,