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Originally Posted by peter12
Patriarchy isn't really a bad thing. I know, I know. Stupid thing to say, but I've always equated patriarchy with balance, confidence, and a reasonable self-respect for masculinity. We can't control women, only blockheads would ever try to do that, but it's good to be confident in yourself and how you are different from a woman. Patriarchy means rule by man, but from a philosophical or literary perspective, I think this means "self-rule" more than "rule over women."
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Except that it's always led to the suppression of women's rights. And, yes, in many traditional societies women were controlled by the mere fact that their rights weren't equal to men.
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If you look at some of the great "patriarchal" literature, Hemingway, Tolstoy etc... there is a purposive harnessing of the negative aspects of mankind and their emergence as servitude or at least "chivalry" towards women.
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Sure, but partiarchy is also evident in societies ruled under Sharia, and in ancient and modern day India, where women practically become ghosts once their husbands pass away.