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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Women have disadvantages due to pregnancy & being weaker physically & some pressures re: motherhood, appearance, sexuality etc
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Men have some lesser biological disadvantages & different social pressures - be strong, be successful, less time with children etc
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I mostly meant just power differences, like how some people still think women don't make good leaders, which influences practice
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Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Helen Pluckrose
Social attitudes need addressing, yes. I do this a lot. Those limiting both sexes.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/788773790734020608 …
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