The reading entitled “Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them, or an Us” (2014).. This reading without a doubt struck a cord with me . The author attempts to get you the reader to investigate the root of the what actually is patriarchy while deconstructing its perceptions. A quote that stuck out to me

“we obsess over legal debates and titillating but irrelevant case histories soon to become made-for-television movies”.

I can also concur that we tend to point fingers at the killer instead of what negative social elements created the killer. Another element of the reading I found intriguing was how people always address the system as the oppressor but never consider that there are people conscious or unconsciously participating in there own oppressions. I am not saying it is not true I am saying there is a reason that “The system” is successful. The amount of people that are willing to try and fight the system pale in comparison to those willing to jump inside of it .

It is important to recognize patriarchy as a system and not an individual identity, because we all of us make the social system happen. We are the moving cog pieces within “The system”. We consciously and unconsciously participate in the system on a daily basis. We power “The System” and we do not have any idea how much power we actually have together , “The System” is not some omnipotent destructive tool put here for our demies.

I
have learned that sexism and heterosexism both arise from the same source as
racism.
This quote that raised my eyebrow, add this on to the fact that the author explains that within the lesbian community she is black , within the black community she is a lesbian and any attack against black people is a gay and lesbian issue. I loved this because She is essentially fighting the multiple causes that effect her instead of just one. We have to fight every form of oppression not just the one that benefits us. For example if your fighting for a cause that eventually goes away while knowing of other oppressions people face you, ignoring those oppressions due to the triumph of your own makes you less of a person. I can see that point but then also one could actually say in response to that , if no one showed up to my rally why should I show up to theirs? . The privilege I have experienced from a of experience from a patriarchy standpoint would be to freely blanket the internet with my thoughts freely and without consequence while simultaneously having anonymous people agree or disagree with me. I could basically say what ever i feel, spread misinformation and someone someone would agree making other people agree and or disagree. In that same vein I could also be inquisitive on why their are campaigns for the sensor of internet or free speech. The reading patriarchy, the system made me look at the privilege oppression video as somewhat interesting and senseless at the same time. Interesting as far as knowing what people defined “privilege” as and knowing that “oppression ” is thrown around far too much. The part i found senseless after reading the material was that there was not a clear solution on how to fix those problems just a reply and how it made them feel, which means those issues will still continue in a sense.