I'm sorry, are you trying to pass off the systematic disenfranchisement of women as not what's fucked them over?
Honestly, If I didn't know any better I'd think you were intentionally demonstrating how people turn the term Patriarchy into basically the word for EVIL!!!
. . . Okay, player. If you've got an explanation for why gender-based inheritance and power structures that chiefly benefit half of the population are good (TM), have at it.
I'm sorry, are you trying to pass off the systematic disenfranchisement of women as not what's fucked them over?
No I'm trying to understand what the word 'patriarchy' means in your opinion. Is it "men inherit property, lead the people, and head the families" or is it "shorthand for what fucks women over"?
I'm not trying to pass off anything, I am confused and would like you to clarify.
What is fucking women over right now happens to be a power structure that disenfranchises them. In that structure, men inherit property, lead the people, and head the families. It's called patriarchy.
We say the word "patriarchy," which refers not only to the aforementioned "heads of household" structures, but discusses things like presence in media, proliferation of narratives, and existence as communal property/servants. These are unexpected side effects of patriarchy in modern society, which are products of our particular culture. In different cultures, patriarchy may have different influences, and so what I'm trying to say is that the word patriarchy in and of itself has a strict, aforementioned dictionary definition, but can also be used to refer to the halo of influences given by its dissemination. Does it
have to be the case that women's stories aren't told just because men inherit property and have power? No. But that's how things have played out.
Does that make any more sense?
If you're not saying "the male is always the abuser" you have a strange way of wording things. That definitely seems to be the impression your projecting.
I have. Absolutely no. Idea. Where you would get that notion from.
Please reread the past couple pages and look at how I've consistently said abuse of men is a real problem. Because, as I said, I'm tired of writing out all of these clarifications and getting attacked on the same frickin' idea, right under a post where I've explicitly said the opposite of what you're accusing.