Does "patriarchy" just mean "men can be bad to women"? I thought it was meant to be a system of consolidated power and oppression and shit.
- men and women face different societal expectations. Definitely true.
- men are stronger and more violent on average. Definitely true.
- some ethnic groups, mostly Muslims from what I can gather, seem to have a thing for throwing acid at women. Definitely true.
- crazy troons harass women. Definitely true.
But this is a collection of observations and complaints, some of them related to the others and some not. It's not that they're not serious complaints. But you could equally take the incel/MRA route and stitch together various observations about women's behavior towards men, divorce, child support, 60% of college students being women, etc. into a grand theory of "misandry" (

) or "matriarchy" or whatever. It would be equally missing the point.
Life is unfair and some people are crazy assholes, but that doesn't mean there's necessarily a systemic structure of oppression going on. And if we're not talking about a system of oppression it's Quixotic to call it an -archy. Shaking your fist at an imagined conspiracy by car saboteurs when you really just need a new tire or a better car.
It's true that I'm a man and the CEO of Sexual Harassment (

) but I don't think your enemy really exists because there's no real evidence for it existing as a coherent concept. Not being convinced that something exists isn't evidence of it existing, or else Xenu would be real. But I see this rhetorical trick (disagreement with my belief is proof I am right) used a lot by people who are determined to convince
themselves.
Life can suck sometimes, and there seems to be a lot more misunderstanding, disappointment and sometimes anger between the sexes than there used to be. It's probably psychologically comforting to aggregate personal setbacks - and the horrible shit you see on social media and the news - into a grand theory of how They (
those bastards) are Ruining Everything and that you in particular are a "target". But it also means your righteous anger will be simmering forever and nothing will get fixed, because They aren't going to go away if They weren't really there to begin with.
HAPPY TROONSGIVING
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