The narrative of universal historical female oppression is quite insulting to men
60 upvotes | February 14, 2020 | by thereslcjg2000
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The whole idea of a patriarchal system where men hold all the power
which they use to the detriment of women just doesn't hold ground.
It's been discussed ad nauseum how the men with the most power are
isolated examples and not representative of most men, and that they do
not tend to use their power to the benefit of men as a whole. It's
also been pointed out that women have tremendous social power. And of
course, it's been established that gender roles help and hurt both
sexes in significant ways, and that they emerged for reasons totally
unrelated to oppressing anyone. On logical grounds, the epidemic of
female oppression never really held water.

But in my opinion it's just as abhorrent on a moral level. When you
look at how much painful labor men have historically been forced to
do, all so their wives and children wouldn't starve, I can't even
fathom how you can take away that they must have had so much privilege
just because they weren't stuck in the kitchen. Men have throughout
all of time been expected to sacrifice so much just so others can live
easy lives. Ironically enough this was especially true in
pre-industrial, so-called "patriarchal" times. It's insulting to look
at all the men dying in battlefields and coal mines so that their
families can live and say that these men were fiendishly oppressing
women all while pursuing their passions.

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