In a patriarchal society, women children men the elderly hold the dominant position.

Men is the correct answer.

In a Patriarchal society, the men hold the dominant position. The men enjoy leadership, moral authority and control of property in a family. The leadership passes from men to men in patriarchal society. Women have no independent authority in a family in patriarchal society.

for  example, forests have higher evapotranspiration than other ecosystems,  such  as grasslands, because of their deeper roots and greater leaf area. thus forests have a net moistening effect on the atmosphere and become a moisture source for downwind ecosystems.

this transfer is call conjunction