Patriarchy Myth - Tumblr Posts
‘It’s a world made by men, for the benefit of men.’
The patriarchy, male privilege, gender oppression… again and again, we are beaten over the head with dogmatic, absolutist, and terrifying catch phrases, each to be accepted without question.
You see, when it comes to political and structural advantage, men have it all, and women have none.
But do such theories make sense in modern society?
Why, if our male privilege is so sweet, do so many thousands of men end their lives in such tragic stories of suicide?
Why, if our society is so patriarchal, does it ignore the countless and increasingly urgent issues that devastate men and boys?
And why, if this society is designed for my advantage, no less as a straight white man, then why in the build-up to a General Election is there not one policy designed for men and boys?
I don’t understand.
And if the world hates and neglects women so much, why do our major political parties line up to offer them a plethora of well-meaning policies, showering them with taxpayer money, and words of support, compassion, and kindness?
The political agendas are out, outlining the next generation of political change, and ambition, and it’s chock full of ‘women and girls’ being a national priority.
Meanwhile any question about the other half of society, to rightfully ask ‘what about men and boys?’, will only draw sneers and squeals, eye rolls, and violence, ‘this isn’t about you’, they snap back.
Yes.
We know that already. That’s the point.
It never is.
It never is about boys falling behind and out of education.
It never is about the homeless men left to die on the street.
It never is about the millions of male victims of abuse with nowhere to go.
Those who say, ‘this isn’t about you’, have yet to realise they have missed the point entirely, whilst simultaneously impaling themselves upon it.
We know.
This isn’t about us, and it never is.
So, who, in another full house of political neglect, betrayal and failure, are you going to vote for?