How Patriarchy Theory Is Actually Misogynistic - Woke Father

Oncefa2 · 2021-02-05T21:09:17+00:00

Last week we had a discussion about how patriarchy theory is pretty sexist against men. That no matter how you try to sugar coat it, the foundational assumptions of patriarchy theory imply malice and evilness from men.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates/comments/l8h3hw/the_foundational_principals_of_all_flavours_of/

Well the other side of the coin is that it also implies stupidity and inferiority from women.

For patriarchy theory to work, women have to either be dumb, inferior, or gullible to have been subjected to, and also supportive of, the patriarchy. In short, it implies a kind of war of the sexes where the superior (but evil) sex won against the inferior sex.

A more somber look at history and gender roles implies something much different though. Gender roles actually made sense for thousands and thousands of years. They gave women, as well as men, privileges and responsibilities that largely parallel biological differences between men and women (like the fact that women give birth and men don't). And women were very much involved in shaping and molding gender roles themselves. It wasn't something that men came up with and forced on women. It was something that men and women both came up with over time and that had give and take from both sides.

We can talk about gender roles being outdated and obsolete today, as well as some of the struggles and growing pains we've had because of it. But I don't think it's very healthy, or accurate, to view history through the lens of men oppressing women. That's just not what happened. And it implies a lot of things that many of the supporters of this view probably don't want to admit to.

GalileosTele · 2021-02-05T21:53:41+00:00

There is no one feminists hate more than women who get along with men... which is most women.

watermelonicecream · 2021-02-06T05:00:49+00:00

Patriarchal Theory is Qanon for unattractive women, change my mind.

Title	How Patriarchy Theory Is Actually Misogynistic - Woke Father
Author	Oncefa2
Upvotes	47
Comments	6
Date	February 5, 2021 8:55 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
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