The feminist *claims* I mentioned - UK & US are patriarchies & gender is cultural construct - are not worthwhile because they're not *true.* https://twitter.com/SnarkyFieds/status/788749468090961920 …
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with respect, the US still hasn't had a female president, and it has proved challenging for HRC (complex reasons)
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I'm English. It looks like Clinton is going to win tho. There is no system which restricts her. Attitudes might.
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Patriarchy has a very specific meaning which is different to sexism or misogyny. Its a power structure.
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genuine question: if there are X disadvantages for men, and X+1 for women, does that qualify as patriarchy?
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Only if the +1 is a legal power men have over women.
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Patriarchy means a system in which men power to control women or have access to power & women are excluded from it.
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We have a society in which both sexes have access to everything but men & women face different disadvantages socially.
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OK, men are legally disadvantaged in having right to genital integrity & the draft which shldn't be underestimated but re: power?
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It's de facto not de jure. Surprised you don't know that. Like racism, misogyny is cultural, to the bone in some.
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@CHURCHLADY320 Misogyny & sexism exist. Don't confuse either with patriarchy. Patriarchy is a system which gives men power over women. - 4 more replies
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