At this point, there is no question of whether or not Ghanaian society is rigidly patriarchal.If you google patriarchy, thefirst definition that pops up (viaWikipedia) states:

Patriarchy is a social systemin which males hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilegeand control of property. In the domain of the family, fathers or father-figures hold authority over women and children.

Essentially, in any scopeonecan think of, the final word on any issue will invariably be spoken by a man.
There are inevitableby-products of such a social structure, which can be summarized thusly: women are neither regarded, nor treated as, true EQUALSto their male counterparts.

It could be at your workplace,where it is assumed that any woman in a position of note slept with a man to get there, regardless of what her C.V. looks like. Woe betide her if she is especially attractive.

It…