In the reading “Patriarchy, the system” by Allan G. Johnson the author tells us that both men and women are oppressed. The reading tells us that social life is what shapes how people are in society. Most people don’t do anything when they see something wrong and instead of doing something about it everyone just walks away from the situation. For example, one time I was the train and there was this man sitting with his daughter on his lap and this lady was standing but barely touching him afterwards he started screaming at the lady because he said that he was hitting him with her bag. Even though the train was already full, and the train kept moving and everyone was just looking at the man and didn’t say anything to him because he was wrong about it and the lady was barely leaning towards him. The reading also mentions how schools, religion, the media, etc. shapes a person and who they are in their lives. I would have to agree with this because most people can have a celebrity they look up to or they see the way other people act and sometimes some people want to do what others do. In the reading Allan G. Johnson says, “Patriarchy is a kind of society organized around certain kinds of social relationships and ideas that shape paths of least resistance.” This means that society is shaped around what’s around them and people grow up to be who they see around them and that interferes with the actions they take in their lives. The reading also mentions how society shapes our actions an example Allan G. Johnson gave was, “a young male college student at a party, for example, observes another man taking sexual advantage of a young woman who is clearly so drunk that she has little idea of what is happening, there are many things he could do.” The example Allan G. Johnson gave was an example of what the male would do if he would walk away or help the girl. In most cases someone would walk away if they didn’t want any trouble or stand up and protect the girl. I feel like it depends in the person in how they were raised and the society they grew up around.  

            In “There I No Hierarchy of Oppressions” by Audre Lorde, she talks about being a black and lesbian woman. She mentions how she wants to make a change in the world for the future and her children. Audre Lorde also mentions how oppression comes in different sexes and color. She also mentions that children should be shown to be their own person to make a change in the world. I liked my classmates Nazir’s post because it mentions how men are not the problem in society, but patriarchy is because of how the world is shaped and how people act in society. It doesn’t have to do about the social norms of women or men but the actions they take in society and if they do something to stand up to society.