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Originally Posted by peter12
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.
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All I was really getting at was that traditional male/female roles have evolved drastically since the beginning of the 1900s, and that evolution accelerated after about 1965. Women were pretty much expected to defer to their husbands on most matters before then, which probably explains why there were less instances of divorce and marital strife (at least from the man's POV).
EDIT: I'm not rejecting patriarchy from your second standpoint, but when I talk of a patriarchal society, I'm generally referring to a society where women are considered subservient to men.