Is this round of Presidential Candidates the Worst America has ever had? Hold your breath world!

[sundin13]

teigaga said:

sundin13 said:

I half want her to win just to see if it will shut up people claiming that we live in a Patriarchy. I mean, it wont...but it would be nice.

But then again its Hillary Clinton, so no thanks...

That wouldn't actually prove much other then that the average person isn't a raging sexist, which isn't what Patriachy is about. It'd be like assuming that systematic racism isn't a problem because Obama is president. 

Essentially our systems were built on certain prejudices and the basis of those still effects society today, it shouldn't always even be drawn into negative/positive. Say for example you had a bunch of children look at two smartly dressed adults, one female, one male and you asked them who is the boss and who is the employer. If the majority presumed the male to be the boss, that would support the argument of us living in Patriachy as the children would associate the males with authority/power. It doesn't mean that Women can never be bosses or be in positions of power/authority or that they're never favoured when compared to men (say art, caregiver or organisational roles). 

The feminist definition of patriarchy is essentially the idea that the fabric of our society and the systems within it are designed in a way that represses women and boosts up men, often used synonymously with "male supremacy". We do not live in a patriarchy. Your seemingly unsourced claim, which largely plays off the reality of the world, is in no way proof that we live in a male supremacist society.