Hello Professor and Classmate I hope everyone is well, …Allan Johnson, “Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them, or an Us” was an interesting reading. It Informed me on the issue of patriarchy and how citizens in the society play a part in the system. As a young Man still learning and understanding the Idea of Patriarchy slips my mind. Patriarchy is something we are institutionally born into So I could be a part of it without knowing. Through expectations, rules, ideas of what a female and male should do, individuals participate in the system with or without knowing. Patriarchy is taught to me and others from a young age. Some of us kind of just went along with it. The definition of Patriarchy is a system of society or government that is male-dominated, male identified, and male-centered basically oppressing women.  In general, the whole idea of patriarchy is not right and something that should continue. We see examples of this in the news, books, television and real life. Over time understanding the problem comes with thinking about a solution. Allen states a couple things that helps me come to conclusion for a solution “It may not be us; it may be larger than us it may not be us, but it does not happen except THROUGH us” explaining that this is more of a systematic problem & the term patriarchy & men, lead to believing that men are oppressive. Johnson explains that these misconceptions must be dispelled in order to solve social dilemmas. We have to stop our future generations from following the same paths. Leaving the idea of Patriarchy completely as it is to create a different system of socialization is the way to go. 

Audre Lorde, “There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions” expresses the thought that All oppressions must be recognized and fought against simultaneously. Her Views and emotion throughout the story support it all… I am very aware of Oppression in the world. I’ve been oppressed before for my height, my skin color, or the things I like by people. From personal experiences Oppression hurts Nobody should feel pressured unless what they believe in is harmful to humanity Like racist beliefs. Throughout the reading she talks about her views of oppression, what She and the people like her Go through. From how it sounds Audre states that she is Black, Lesbian, And A Feminist, A mother and more. Other than her there are many people like her that believe in similar things. She is looked at as deviant, difficult, inferior or just plain “wrong” to most people. Being Black does come with some kind of oppression, but why because of a person’s skin, Being Lesbian causes Oppression because they choose to like the same Sex. There is nothing wrong with that. People shouldn’t go through Feeling oppressed for what they believe in. One form of oppression is not better than the other or important than the other.