There is no Patriarchy.

Men's Studies class 101:There is no Patriarchy.We understand that:

Patriarchy is the fundamental theory in academic feminism. No one can rightfully be defined as a feminist and not believe that a patriarchy exists and that this patriarchy creates a regime of institutionalized male control over all women.

But because feminists believe the patriarchy controls women, the logical consequence is that females are an oppressed class. If this sounds familiar it should, as feminism stole this concept from Marxism and many of the original and leading feminist scholars like Betty Friedan were former communists.

Patriarchy theory is not an accurate world view. In the history of the world no class of oppressed humans has ever been better educated than the oppressor class. No class of oppressed has ever had more money spent and spent more money than its oppressor. No oppressed class has ever worked less than its oppressor. No class of oppressed has ever lead healthier and longer lives than the oppressor. No Class of oppressed people ever cast more votes in elections, had more votes counted and selected the leadership of a nation.

You may find something that resembles a patriarchy in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Gulf states and a few other places, but even in those societies the most oppressed humans are the thousands of male foreign workers brought into those nations to work under conditions of economic peonage.

The theory is easily proven both false in the West, where women hold all the same legal rights as males, (and a few additional ones). In the West, women have both economic and political power: - For example: two of the three highest political positions in the US government, Speaker of the House and Vice President are held by women. Kristalina Georgieva is the head of the International Monetary fund. Women can be found at the highest levels of Business, the CEOs of General Motors, Citigroup, Walgreens and many other companies are women.

A more accurate world view is elite theory. This theory holds that a small minority, consisting of members of the economic and political elite hold the most power in society.

There are have and have-nots in every society in the world. But when measuring the people at the very bottom of the economic scale, the homeless, the destitute or those trapped in economic peonage, i.e,-the most oppressed, everywhere in the world; the majority in that class are males.

The true purpose of Women's studies classes is political indoctrination. The program is designed to teach women that they are victims held under and held down by a mighty patriarchy. Anything negative that occurs to them and all problems in their lives are the fault of men. even obesity. Feminists then use this methodology to gain special services and privileges in society based on the status of being victims .

The debunking of Patriarchy theory is the single greatest threat to the so-called scholars in the field of Women's Studies . For unlike other academic disciplines that examine and test multiple theories the entire pseudo science of women's studies rests on this flawed theory. As academics we must challenge this theory.

When patriarchy theory is regulated to the ash heap of history then the women studies journals, the classes, departments, the degrees all collapse.

R. Thomas Dye Phd