Reading the articles for this week, I was able to learn that Oppression is composed of four different levels that influence one another and are not at all unrelated. I never understood that the layers of Oppression are an example of how deeply rooted the system of patriarchy is. It made me realize that the patriarchy is so embedded in society that oftentimes we fail to realize that we can break away from the system, we just first need to understand that the system exists. It seems to me that it is a lot easier to just blame a group of people, because as Allan G. Johnson states in his article Patriarchy, the System, “we are stuck in a model of social life that views everything as beginning and ending with individuals.” Instead of looking at society as a whole, we choose to address specific individuals.  This means that we will never truly find the root of the issue because we will always assume that the reason for a bad situation is a set of individuals who did a bad thing. I had not thought about it from this angle, and I feel that it has helped me grasp the importance of this week’s readings. This tells me the importance of proper education, which should be made available for everyone, for everyone must learn that the patriarchy has never been and never will be a person. This is the first step in breaking away from the cycle that has been regurgitating itself over and over, and it makes us that much closer to regaining the freedom that is so rightfully ours!