Growing up and to this day I was very aware of things being run and dominated by men. They are always at the advantage, it’s like they have a cheat code for everything. As women we are playing catch up , on a game that’s made , controlled, and favoring men. When it comes to breaking the patriarchy society down and demanding equality you always see majority women fighting, pushing, demanding it. If it were the other way around where men needed more fairness and equality, everything would be perfect. One point is that men can agree with wanting equality for all, but are they willing to give up the power and advantages that have been given to them.
But this is not all men are to blame for the patricarl society when in fact it’s the society itself that let this happen . “We need to see and deal with the social roots that generate and nurture the social problems that are reflected in and manifested through the behavior of individuals. We cannot do this without realizing that we all participate in something larger than ourselves, something we did not create but that we now have the power to affect through the choices we make about how to participate.” (Johnson, Allan). So when we point the blame on men we also have to point the finger at our society. Society let it happen and established it as a norm for generations on generations. There’s a reason it’s so hard to break, when it goes back thousands of years. We all have a piece of accountability to take but we can do better.
“Participation, by definition, is something voluntary, freely chosen, entered into as equals, and that it there-fore makes no sense that women might participate in their own oppression. But that is not my meaning here, and it To participate is to have a part in what goes on, to do something (or not) and to have that choice affect the consequences, regardless of whether it is conscious or unconscious, coerced or not. “ One way or another we are taking part in the system. It is the system that seeps through everything we know and see. But smashing this patriarchal system is possible. Biggest reminder is that ‘The patriarchy hurts us all, regardless of where we stand on the spectrum of gender. Some suffer because violence towards them is externalised, such as women, trans, and non-binary people. Some suffer because violence they direct towards others is also internalised, meaning men.” “,Women, trans and non-binary people struggle to find jobs, funding and financial freedom. Changing that, in any way we can, is a huge part of smashing the patriarchy. (Priyanka Sutaria)
