I keep hearing about this patriarchy business, and it sounds like tin-foil hat nonsense. In certain parts of the world, there truly is patriarchy (many parts of Asia from the Middle East to India to China), but as global conspiracy, no. There are patriarchal families and communities (like conservative churches) in the West, but it's not really systematic in the 21st century (same goes for institutionalized racism in my opinion). Of course men treat women poorly here in America and all around the world, but that comes from upbringing. We're teaching our son to respect women, and I couldn't even initiate him into some global secret misogynist society, there simply isn't one. I guess now I wonder how I should approach my wife about her "feminism". It seems by today's standards she's "submissive" and not a feminist. This world is getting weirder and weirder...
Is it normal to not really know what feminism is?
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I keep hearing about this patriarchy business, and it sounds like tin-foil hat nonsense. In certain parts of the world, there truly is patriarchy (many parts of Asia from the Middle East to India to China), but as global conspiracy, no. There are patriarchal families and communities (like conservative churches) in the West, but it's not really systematic in the 21st century (same goes for institutionalized racism in my opinion). Of course men treat women poorly here in America and all around the world, but that comes from upbringing. We're teaching our son to respect women, and I couldn't even initiate him into some global secret misogynist society, there simply isn't one. I guess now I wonder how I should approach my wife about her "feminism". It seems by today's standards she's "submissive" and not a feminist. This world is getting weirder and weirder...