Collocations for perpetuate - verb

just, merely, only, simply
Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.

thereby

help (to)
serve to, tend to
Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at science than girls.

seek to

Perpetuate is used with these nouns as the object:
cycle, illusion, inequality, myth, stereotype, system, tradition