Anti-feminists who call The Patriarchy a paranoid conspiracy theory don’t understand what we mean by “patriarchy” as a term of art.
Except the market failure in women’s clothing with pockets does make me wonder.
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I'd say that depends on which conception of feminism they're collecting it from.
I've seen more than one objectionable take within feminism.
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Sure. But antis generally respond as if “patriarchy” means a group of men who run everything instead of a convenient name for the systemic process which maintains sexist injustice.
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There is plenty within feminism to criticize without resorting to that strawfeminist misunderstanding.
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Complete agreement.
My point was only that the pleading ignorance is, as far as I can tell, a lie more often than not. They fully well know the difference.