1 -it is in men's interest to maintain that power. - 2 men occupy and actively exclude women from powerful positions (economic and political). - 3 feminine roles and cultural values are the product of oppression.
As a legislative branch of government, a legislature generally performs state duties for a state in the same way that the United States Congress performs national duties at the national level.s a legislative branch of government, a legislature generally performs state duties for a state in the same way that the United States Congress performs national duties at the national level.
The branch of the federal and state government empowered to make the laws that are then enforced by the executive branch and interpreted by the judicial branch. The legislative branch consists of Congress and the fifty state legislatures. At both state and federal levels, legislatures are made up of popularly elected representatives, who propose laws that are sensitive to the needs and interests of their local constituents.