To recognize patriarchy as a whole system and not as an individual identity is extremely important. Sometimes, when thinking about patriarchy, we think about individuals and their behaviors instead of thinking about the multiple components that make the patriarchy so big and difficult to end with. When we recognize that patriarchy is a system, we are able to see the full picture, and that there are rules or laws that keep women oppressed and contribute to keep normalizing sexist behavior. Every man is an oppressor and is part of the patriarchy. However, the system we live in normalizes that oppression towards women. Each one of us participates in the patriarchy somehow, it doesn’t matter what gender we identify with. When understanding that patriarchy is a system and not just individuals and their behavior, we know that to change that system, we need changes in the legislation and the people who write it. This way, the laws would promote gender equality, gender-based violence would not be tolerated and bigger sanctions would be applied to those who violate these laws, and so on. Even though patriarchy is a big system, individual actions keep it going. Being born and raised under the patriarchy cultivates sexist ideas in men and women. This can affect multiple levels like personal, interpersonal, institutional, cultural/structural. On a personal level, it can affect the perception we have about ourselves and our place in society. For example, a woman can believe that she shouldn’t pursue higher education because of her sex, and her role is to be a mother. It could affect the way she behaves around others, the idea she has of herself, and her body. The idea of the perfect body that is in our society, that women should have a big ass and breasts, and a tiny waist, it’s because the patriarchy objectifies women; on a personal level, can affect women’s perception of their physique. On an interpersonal level, we enact patriarchy in the way we approach other people based on their gender, how do we speak to them, and the idea of how they should be. For example, when I was younger, I and my friends used to think that it was disgusting when women didn’t shame. Because we verbalized those ideas, it affected the behavior of many of us. Another example is my mom when she cooks and serves food, she serves for men first, then for women, I tell her that she should serve her plate first since she cooked. At an institutional level, the patriarchy affects how laws, legal procedures, and rules tend to benefit more men than women. For example, the new Texas abortion law doesn’t prioritize women’s health, it seems that is only made to control them. Finally, on a structural level, the patriarchy normalizes women being in charge of home tasks and taking care of children, which affects their personal development and creates a development gap, the most developed countries are the ones with more equity between genders.