I have enjoyed both of the readings and especially “Patriarchy, The System An It, Not a He Them, or an Us” by Allan Johnson. In the reading, The author Allan talking about Patriarchy and how it affects both sexes in our society. What is Patriarchy? Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of property. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage patriarch is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and control of the property. Some patriarchal societies are also patrilineal, meaning that property and title are inherited by the male lineage. I can relate to this more than anyone because I am from South Asia where men control pretty much everything in society. It is changing slowly but needs to be faster. In the reading, Allan encourages people to fight for gender equality and I absolutely love it because gender should not hold anything against us. Gender equality is very important and has been conclusively shown to stimulate economic growth, which is important, especially in countries with higher unemployment rates and less economic opportunity. Even when women do work, the gender pay gap means they aren’t earning as much as men. I am very happy to see so many worms are leading in so many different ways in today’s world and have been very successful in doing. We all are human beings and are equally able to do good for society. From “There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions” Audre Lorde.  Audre Lorde talks about her multiple oppressions. She’s born black and a woman. According to the reading as a Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, poet, mother of two including one boy and a member of an interracial couple, She usually finds herself part of some group in which the majority defines her as deviant, difficult, inferior or just plain “wrong. In our society women are seen as housewives which are so wrong. She wants to inspire others that one oppression is no different than the rest because wrongful power is still being reinforced and we need to stay connected through it all together in order to overcome it. I am speechless to reading this   I can’t find words to describe how angry I am because I just don’t understand why people can’t educate themselves and let people just be themselves. Our society has seen us differently as individuals and it affects us in many different ways. 

My classmate Erika Jimenez’s snapshot images are the perfect example of how women are not seen as equally as men. Images showed that Men’s have more rights than women in our society and I absolutely agree with it. We need to do more in our society for women because they deserve as much as anyone.  One of the images shows how men control women’s which is very true in many different ways. We need more work to do in order to change it and we need to educate people on how equally matters for both men and women. My classmate Isabella Celentano’s post was very powerful. The post says you are a strong, independent woman. Any brother afraid of that is not worthy of your time. I strongly agree because I believe women are very strong and are independent and they are capable of doing anything on their own. Women do not need anyone to support them to be strong therefore they should have equal rights snd that’s when our society will be better.