I think men should subjugate themselves to women

Oooh, that's nice to know!

In the western world men and women basically have equal opportunities now

I understand your point. We should all strive for equality. However, making men less than women will never really be equality ever. It doesn't matter that men were superior in the past. If we can be equal now, (not men subjugating themselves) that is what we should want and need.

I pity you for buying into the myth that you're still oppressed in the West.

I think we first desired structure and order to protect ourselves. If people are allowed to do whatever they want, many will do so at others' expense.

Theft and murder would often be beneficial to an individual and his/her family.

But crime is detrimental to groups of humans. It perpetuates endless cycles of revenge, hatred, and killing- chaos. Humans could have been wiped out had we not naturally gravitated towards enforcing laws to curb the natural greed of individuals.

The moral compass that we take for granted was, in part, passed down after we learned from our mistakes. Generally, good is seen as what helps. Evil is what hurts.

The laws could be decided by the group, but if it were only up to equal individuals to enforce the law, we'd end up in the same criminal cycle.

To have a stable coexistence, people decided to put their individual power behind good leaders who ideally would represent them, and enforce a solid system of laws to punish crime and protect the innocent.

Oppression results from anyone in authority taking advantage of naturally arising systems, like families and governments, by using the dependence of the people under them to unjustly take extra privileges.

Oppression and corruption are closely related. If greed, or let's say, using selfish means to acquire more power, safety, and resources for oneself or one's children, is natural, then so is oppression.

"You're a prisoner of your provider", is quite literal.

For example, if the employer who provides someone with a job tells them to do something, they do it, because at a core level, they need employment to survive in society.

If they don't like that, they can run off, and live in the wild without depending on anything from society.

I myself was trapped by a parent. So long as I did not have a means of provision aside from him, I was his prisoner, accountable to him and at his whims. Money- the ability to provide for myself, would have freed me from oppression.

P.S: Sorry about the lengthiness.

Crastecrush?????

Good. Now that we take these very few isolated cases than people can barely remember and compare them with the vast majority of men assuming leading positions we can conclude that women are generally incapable of leadership, hence patriarchy is the only realistic option humanity has. This option is also highly successful when specific criteria are met. The white skin is definitely at least strongly positively associated to this, leading us to understand that white males are the best leaders of the world. The reality proves it by having the majority of leaders of developed countries as being white males. This last one is a fact, not an opinion, and it remains unchanged by the protests and the influence of various groups.