What is Patriarchy?

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Did you ever hear of the "game" F**k or Walk®?

Is that the General Lee?

No,but this is.

Oh, you haven't heard of F**k or Walk®? Then, I'll tell you, but first you should have a trigger warning: rape.

I called it a game, but that's only under a patriarchy. I'd actually call it date rape.

I heard this old, old song done by the band Parliament, on one of their early albums. It went something like:

Get the picture now?

I heard it as "For ass,grass or gas,no free ride."

That commercial was just crazy! No wonder so many guys who went to my high school were so into those muscle cars!

This is different, though. I'll explain F**k or Walk® a little further. As explained to me by a friend who was talking about his high school experience in the 70s, the "game" consisted of asking a girl out on a date, and mind you, you had to select the girl carefully. You want to choose a girl who has a bit of a reputation, if you know what I mean. So, you casually ask the slut, I mean girl out. If she says yes, you go for a drive in your automobile. You drive to a secluded spot, and at that time you let her know that she is playing the "game.;" also, that she has just lost.

What you said, Misslizard, was a consensual exchange of goods or services, and belongs in the Why is Prostitution Illegal thread in the Adult Section.

Also, come to think of it, if one of my posts belongs in there, could a moderator move the offending post to a new thread in that section?

What about people who want out of that grasp, but can't escape it? What if you want out of it yourself?

Not every power imbalance in the world happens by consent and people who don't like the state of affairs shouldn't be denied a voice just because some people love the way things are. Neglecting to critique power structures is wrong whilst there's still no reasonable alternative to them for a lot of people. I'm thinking about things like religion and gender roles (which come with patriarchy,) some people love these things but that doesn't negate the fact that they make life sh***y for many.

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"Looks at affirmative action for women in education and discrimination against men. Brief historical perspective on education in the UK and analysis of the differing intellectual abilities of men and women. Also looks at the expectations society has of men compared with women.

• Equality of opportunity versus Equality of outcome
• Why were there no white men in the 2008 Olympic 100 metre final?
• Why do so few women study computer science?"




ManWomanMyth - Education - Nursery and Primary School

part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlwmSMLZQ6Q

part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ80pPqJV68

"Looks at the negative impact of the feminisation of schools on boys as they start out in our education system. In particular, how are boys affected by a lack of male teachers in primary schools? Featuring Angry Harry, Michele Elliott and Stephen Fitzgerald.

• School curriculum is male-unfriendly
• No male role models in school
• Why are male teachers scarce in primary schools?
• Misandry in the education system"




ManWomanMyth - Education - Secondary School

part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wREzo9qNqxk

""When a professor of biology walks out of a room at the mere suggestion that genetics may play a role in abilities, you have to wonder how she became a professor of anything.."

part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8g-clkMNmk

"The next stage in the attack on men in education; how secondary school continues the campaign to force boys out of education. Looks at how the school curriculum has been modified to remove all elements that improve boys' performance and the reaction from Feminists to any discussion of male intellectual strengths.

• Harvard President Larry Summers on boys' innate abilities
• What do women bring to science?
• Double-standards in the discussion of genetic abilities
• How many female computing teachers could recognise a ZX81?
• Why are women being excessively encouraged into technical careers?"



ManWomanMyth - Education - University

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mye1rbZ0oL4

"Outlines the final level of effort to remove men from advancement in education.

• Far fewer men than women are studying for university degrees
• What can women do better than men in the workplace?"



ManWomanMyth - Education - Conclusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc3a20_wsEw


"Looks at the negative consequences of feminised education, not just for men, but for wider society and the future progress of humanity.
CAUTION: Broad terms are used in describing male and female abilities.

• Exam results and what they really mean in today's education system
• Men and competition
• Coursework versus Exams
• Why girls don't study physics"

One time a guy tried to pull me into his car. It was late and I was walking by a secluded intersection. All I did was give him a dirty look and told him to get his effing hand off me. He grabbed my arm and was trying to get me to go with him and when I told him that my eyes changed and he looked freaked out, like he saw a demon, got in his car and hauled ass. He was waiting for me in this place on the side of the road. He had already passed, asked me if I wanted a ride I told him no. He parked his car, got out, grabbed my arm, told me I was going with him. No. I don't think so.

He had one of those old muscle cars and it needed painting. Some pock marked guy with jet black hair.

I try to always do three things, no four things: let people self-identify, listen, try to understand any person or group or philosophy's point of view, and exercise compassion as best as I can.

I'd rather patriarchy be less of an assumed normal state of being, but on the other hand I'd also like a few more matriarchies. On the gripping hand, I do actually work to provide help for battered women, and, in other ways, for outspoken intersectional feminist women.

I feel ashamed of ever pressuring a woman to have sex, even just by being a pest. I try to atone. I don't want to use my Autism as any excuse, but I did miss some social cues from time to time, and I tended to insist on getting my way.

I'm a boy cat, in case I've left anyone in doubt. I don't mind people mistaking me for a girl cat, although I do resent that they picked that up from my stance against sexism.

I think we can all agree that cruelty to animals is wrong, even to mouses.

I think you did well to scare him and get away. I feel glad that it worked.

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No one's ever tried to pull me into a car, but I've backed more than one over-familiar guy off with my Aspie-stare-of-death.

wrt. 'what is the patriarchy':
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-ch ... 61160.html

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How Feminism is like fire and can be tackled in the same way. Also covers Facebook's capitulation to Feminist demands for censorship and how O2 and Norton/Symantec block men's movement websites, which they classify as 'hate' sites.