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[–]MezozoicGaygay male 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I find the idea of a natural and organicly ocurring patriarchy somewhat ludicrous. The concept sounds more like circular reinforcement

Actually in reality this concept is just outdated and coming from times when physical strenght meant everything. Society made new tools and technologically progressed, but methods (forcibly) left the same as they were when humans had only stone spears as instruments. Society need to change to face the new reality, however this will mean than people in power will lose it. That is why they are so fiercely fighting against changes.

When people nowadays are criticizing feminism (especially when basing their critics on neoliberal feminism) - they seems to not be aware that just 40 years ago (and in my country 25 years ago) no woman was allowed to own a land or open bank account and have debit/credit card.

They actively brainwash children into doubting their own reality and destroy the integrity of future LGB (and straight) adults.

And this is just legalized conversion therapy.

The fact that they are getting away with it is *proof of its existence.

Not just that. In our country trans rights activists in last 2 years got more money as a support from western organizations, than whole LGB community in last 30 years combined. And if reports could be trusted, organizations like Stonewall received around 430 million dollars to spend on transgender activism in last 5 years. And that is a lot, like really a lot. I am not fan of conspiracy theories, but this seems fishy to me.

[–]lairacunda 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Patriarchy seems to be a more recent development. There's evidence for sex parity in the stone age and early neolithic. The ideas contemporary society has about prehistory are based largely on the prejudices and beliefs of 19th century anthropologists, archaeologists and scientists.

The entire social engineering experiment is being funded.

[–]MezozoicGaygay male 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I would not say it is 19th century invention, because even in ancient world it was like that. It was less strict, it is true - as women could do things or be in power sometimes, but only sometimes and only if they try really hard (or got lucky). So maybe it was not called patriarchy, but roots for it were there.

And your point is correct, in more primitive, and especially isolated cases, tribes - women could even be the central in society, mostly because of women ability to gave birth. In small (like pacific ocean "Love Island") tribes, they can sacrifice all men to let at least one woman to live, because they know that woman will continue their tribe and heritage.

So I should take a bit more late times in development, when society become society and social rules started to appear.

[–]lairacunda 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't mean that patriarchy got invented in the 1800s. I meant that the social sciences that explain prehistory to us are largely an invention of that generation of men.