sundin13 said:
teigaga said:
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).
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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.
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Where did I try to prove we live in Patriachy? The point is a women being in power isn't going to change the "feminist" opinion, because their definition doesn't rely on the idea that women cannot achieve power, but that society makes it harder for them to do so and undermines their power more frequently then it does men.
I provided you with a hypothetical situation so there is nothing to source. If it plays of the "reality of the world", well that kind of reinforces the point. Whether people find issue with the reality is a completely different question, I never said it was good or bad thing but simply that it would fit the description of a Patriachy which in itself is a description not a word based in morally judgment
"Patriarchy is a social system in which males hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarchy
