New poster to the board. LONG time lurker. So forgive me for even engaging in the theoretical exercise of this debate, as I'm sure most of you will argue it's useless. That being said:

When feminists argue that the ideology is simply "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities", don't they ALSO believe that Patriarchy exists?

In other words, have you ever met a feminist that self-declares as a feminist, states the above definition, but categorically DOES NOT believe in the Patriarchy? I have never met such a person.

Indeed, if there's a unifying theme to "all feminists", while they usually state it's the above hackneyed "equality" definition, it's ALSO requisite for them to believe in the "Patriarchy" as well, no?

Given that, is it not simple enough to prove that feminism is not simply "egalitarianism" or whatever by merely pointing out that it is ALSO necessary for feminists to believe in an amorphous unprovable concept as well (Patriarchy)? And that, quite literally, virtually EVERY feminist (whether they be TERFs, Politically themed, Gender-fluid, casual, etc etc) believes in that rejoinder?