The first reading clarified what patriarchy is, and why it is important to acknowledge that it is a whole system. It is a system everyone is part of, and we contribute to it consciously or unconsciously. It is not necessary to be a cis-gender man to participate in it, even though we consider ourselves of another gender that isn’t male, we probably do things that contribute to the patriarchy. For example, some women blame the other women when their male partner decides to cheat on them. Then, a derogatory term like “homewrecker” is used to describe this woman, when the guilty one is the man because he was part of the relationship. Another example probably is the belief that women posting pictures showing their bodies is empowering. It is important to feel confident about your body, but when a woman posts pictures with little to no clothes it contributes to her sexualization and objectification. And it’s very annoying because supposedly you are deciding to post that picture because you feel confident about yourself and you feel “empowered”. To a certain extent there is pretty privilege, and having a great body could make men give you more opportunities, but for the wrong reasons, women are more than just their bodies. To eliminate the patriarchy from its roots we have to look to the system as a whole change it. This could be done by modifying laws that promote the patriarchy and adding new ones that are not based on sex or gender. Clearly, this wouldn’t be easy at all.