ROME, Nov. 24 -- A temporary exhibition on patriarchy in Rome showcases sexist paradigms in Italy's male-dominated and macho society where gender equality "is a distant prospect".

It's the year 2148 and women and men are equal: Rome's temporary "Museum of the Patriarchy" looks back from the future to highlight the gender gap.

Pink and blue pay slips from 2025 illustrate gender pay inequality, while a schoolbook exercise places mums in the kitchen and dads at work, and the sound of women being catcalled is played over a loudspeaker.

Put on by charity ActionAid, the five-day exhibit says it intends to be "a journey through artefacts, relics, and works representative of patriarchal Italian society from the 20th and 21st centuries".

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