It is essential to recognize patriarchy as a system and not an individual identity because it’s a socio-political system. The framing patriarchy as individual means men are privileged and dominate groups because we live in a patriarchal society. Men might not feel privileged, but they are. The patriarchy is a social system where men control primary power and predominate in political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and property control. In the reading of Allan Johnson, “Patriarchy the system,” he explains that we should see things more clearly, the patriarchy is a system that includes cultural ideas about men and women, the intertwining of relationships that structure social life, and the unequal distribution of power, rewards, and resources that underlines privilege and oppression. We need to be more resistant to society not to force what we do not want.
Audre Lorde speaks about the intersectional thought behind oppression. In the reading of “there is no hierarchy of oppression,” Lorde wants us to know that there is not just one single problem but multiple. She explains that she is black in and within that Black community, she is a lesbian, and any attack against Black people is a lesbian and gay issue. There are just the factors; if it’s not one thing they pick apart, it is another. We as a society need to make the change. I was conversing with a friend who informed me about the offensive terminology that plumbers use to give you an example; there was “female fitting” and “male thread. I did go with the lightest of their terminology. The language is both ways because it is intimate and shouldn’t be used in a work setting. I would consider their vocabulary a form of oppression in a work setting that should be changed. There have been ongoing debates about whether the plumber’s terminology should change or stay the same since it has always been the same. I hope there can be a change because I find their terminology disgraceful.
In the end, we have to find the change we need to have roles be equal to give everyone the right to be respected as who they are and want to be. Given the opportunity of change can lead to many significant events in society. Oppression surrounds our everyday lives without being fully aware. We need to fully understand what we can do to help each other in every possible setting.
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Hi Jessica, I completely understand your point about how patriarchy, in addition to being a socio-political issue, encompasses a part beyond our lives. Since childhood (or in times long before) they said that it was completely normal for the man to be the one with the power and not the woman, so the system only took this popular thought to turn it into something that was must perform “forever”. Also, I completely agree with how you described the point that Lorde made in her article, as she herself lets us know how the system will never be happy with anything. She says about how many things that may be currently being fought to be seen well, in the past it was only seen as a dishonor to all your rights. To be honest, I am also very surprised by the terminology you spoke with your friend, which makes me think that perhaps they see it as “humor”. I say it more than anything, because I have seen endless situations where things are sexualized and they only excuse themselves by saying that it is humor so that they don’t come to hate their person.
sorry! I made a mistake, is “the terminology that you friend informed you” (I don’t know how to edit the comment sorry)
Hi Jessica,
Thank you for sharing your response! I agree with you on the idea that the framing of patriarchy for as long as we know has been referred to as men being not only more privileged but always being the dominated group amongst all groups within society. It’s vital for us to truly understand the idea of patriarchy and patriarchy culture as a whole so that we can make the proper steps to fix it and make it better.
to recognize patriarchy as a system and not an individual identity because it’s a socio-political system. The framing patriarchy as individual means men are privileged and dominate groups because we live in a patriarchal society. Men might not feel privileged, but they are. The patriarchy is a social system where men control primary power and predominate in political leadership, moral authority, social privilege, and property control. In the reading of Allan Johnson, “Patriarchy the system,” he explains that we should see things more clearly, the patriarchy is a system that includes cultural ideas about men and women, the intertwining of relationships that structure social life, and the unequal distributi
Sorry not sure how part of your response got into my comment! Total accident.