He controls the Church, an oppressive religious institution that echoes Christianity.

While it does involve an oppressive institution called the Magisterium, it's not overtly religious, particularly to a young viewer.

Many feminist lesbians long regarded marriage as an oppressive and patriarchal institution.

As part of a praxis, the intention is to destroy oppressive institutions, describing an endgame for animal abusers.

'No, I think marriage is an outmoded and fundamentally oppressive institution, a form of domestic fascism.'

At many colleges across the nation, students and administrators have transformed academic communities from sanctuaries of open discussion into oppressive institutions.

State recognition in the form of oppressive institutions such as marriage and militarism are not steps toward liberation but rather towards heteronormative assimilation.

Yes, I believe marriage to be an oppressive institution best avoided by women, but lust is another kind of prison.

They maintained that the only form of war acceptable to true anarchists was the social revolution that would overthrow the bourgeoisie and their oppressive institutions.

In a country where politicians and most secular institutions carry little weight with citizens, the church is the country's most imposing and to some oppressive institution.