before I read the text by Allan G. Johnson I had this idea that patriarchy was solely blamed on men only. I had my suspicion that some women had misogynistic mentality based on the way they was raised and how it was implemented on them growing up which has a lot of similarity to some of the text by Johnson. so why is it important to view patriarchy as a system and not as an individual identity. its important to view it as a whole and not as a piece of it for many reasons starting with all of has at least once contributed to it , whether we realized it a the moment or not we was once a tiny piece of it just adding into it more. its important to realize this because the patriarchy its a big system that was accustomed into our lives a long Time ago. if we only look to blame one individual as the problem we forget to hold accountable the millions of not only men but women as well for their contribution to this systematic problem.

if we only blame men alone we are enact on it as well. we are letting women believe that only the men are the problem without looking at the bigger picture and we are letting them believe that only men can and are misogynist when in fact some women are part of the problem as well. don’t get me wrong I’m not saying that women are the problem but some are taught from a very young age that acting a certain way is lady like and we should do as we told and some of those women judge other women who don’t do the same misogynist idea that were taught onto them.

as it was mentioned in the reading many things that are happening right now contribute to it. movies and shows and news , pretty much everything around it. its like Allen G. Johnson said ”

The key to understanding any system is to identify its various aspects and how
they are arranged to form a whole.” it’s not just politicians and movies is you and me and everyone who sees a women being yelled at by her husband and we do nothing about it cause we don’t want problems. its also acknowledging that our personal feelings and thoughts also contribute to this system, its when we judge women for getting abortions, or when we judge mother’s who are tired but not the father for helping. if all of us contribute to make a difference in this ideas we can all bring down this system.

I realized it was bigger than us when last year a law was passed that women who are more than 6 weeks cannot legally get an abortion in the state of Texas. that not only older man had a say in this but women as well who believed that women didn’t have the right to do what they pleased with their bodies and other people did.