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Originally Posted by rubecube
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.
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.
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I agree with the second part, but not necessarily with the first part. The problem with our modern view of love etc... is that it's all governed by statistics and moralism. That is, whenever arguments of this kind arise, they are dominated by whoever can produce the most convincing and recent study on mass behaviour or who can cling with wounded pride to some position which has been deemed archaic by the majority.
So, in a sense, we're probably on the same page. I don't reject patriarchy as a whole because I think some things that are labeled patriarchy are really just means of male self-regard and understanding.