The patriarchy does't refer to men in charge as opposed to women. It is the system that trains men to kill their emotional selves, to dominate women and non-white races and for all to value material wealth however it is gained at whatever cost.
The solution or the opposite to the patriarchy is not having women in charge nor a matriarchy!
It is not training children that boys aren't allowed to cry, not shaming compassion for animals out of them, not teaching them to seek their identity's through feelings of superiority or the accumulation of wealth, not needing to show dominance of each other and nature but rather finding themselves in community and connection.
...where 'patriarchy' is opposed to 'matrifocal' society: This was a prehistoric time when God was the mother of all animals. War started in the bronze age. One could see Mary and Jesus as an attempt to re-install matrifocality; to focus on mother and child.
'Dominance' or 'authority' are not gender specific and become a problem only in mass society and its institutions. In a small community, obligation replaces hierarchy.
The patriarchy does't refer to men in charge as opposed to women. It is the system that trains men to kill their emotional selves, to dominate women and non-white races and for all to value material wealth however it is gained at whatever cost.
The solution or the opposite to the patriarchy is not having women in charge nor a matriarchy!
It is not training children that boys aren't allowed to cry, not shaming compassion for animals out of them, not teaching them to seek their identity's through feelings of superiority or the accumulation of wealth, not needing to show dominance of each other and nature but rather finding themselves in community and connection.
Beautifully said.
...where 'patriarchy' is opposed to 'matrifocal' society: This was a prehistoric time when God was the mother of all animals. War started in the bronze age. One could see Mary and Jesus as an attempt to re-install matrifocality; to focus on mother and child.
'Dominance' or 'authority' are not gender specific and become a problem only in mass society and its institutions. In a small community, obligation replaces hierarchy.
Swell, blame the patriarchy. Safe choice, since it never talks back.
Does the hegemonic imperialist US ever talk back?