Smash the Patriarchy: A totally appropriate self-affirming coloring book: 1 (Totally Appropriate Series)

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Both men and women can have as many companions as they desire, without stigma, and women often do not know who has fathered their children. The concept of “father” barely exists, and men have few paternal responsibilities. Being a good uncle is far more important, as men help raise the children of their sisters. Since there is no formal marriage, the only reason men and women form pairs is because they are attracted to each other or enjoy each other’s company. When the attraction fades, romantic ties can be dissolved without negative financial consequences or social impacts on the children. How very radical the Mosuo family structure seems to many of us today highlights just how deeply ingrained our own patrilocal and patrilineal traditions remain. We know what the patriarchy is. We know why we need to take it down. So let’s get down to the important part: how to smash the patriarchy! 1. To Smash The Patriarchy, Question Everything

We also learn about Hatshepsut, a pharaoh who also happened to be a woman, but dressed as a man, all the way down to wearing a fake beard. How does that sound?! If you’re ready to learn how to smash the patriarchy and create a feminist business, you’re going to love today’s episode!

Abstract

There is no evidence that women are any less capable of the jobs and social positions that men predominantly hold. When women are given the opportunity to hold “male” roles, they show themselves to be equally proficient. Researchers recently calculated that it was bias against women, not under-representation, that accounts for the gender distribution seen in the Nobel prizes, for instance. Women are not less intelligent, less logical or less able than men. The roots of patriarchy, in other words, cannot be found in our biology. Many of the ideas we consider universally held are simply the social norms in our own culture. Liberté, égalité, fraternité may be values worth dying for in France, for instance, but personal freedom is not considered important or desirable for other societies, which prioritise values such as purity instead. Consider the idea of responsibility. In my culture, if you deliberately hurt a person or their property this is considered a much worse crime than if you did it by accident, but in other cultures, children and adults are punished according to the outcome of their actions – intentionality is considered impossible to grasp and therefore largely irrelevant. The most common usage of “patriarchal” in these concluding observations was in the following way: “[The CEDAW Committee] is concerned at the persistence of patriarchal attitudes and deeply-rooted stereotypes regarding the roles and responsibilities of women in the family and in society” (as used in the concluding observations of Pakistan. Similar examples include Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Cameroon, Uganda, and Marshall Islands).

The patriarchal society we live in is just as harmful to men and boys as it is for women and girls and people who identify as gender diverse or nonbinary. what a good note to end on. This has been so amazing. I feel like I could have this panel all day and never run out of things to talk about. But before we go, I'd like everybody to go around. We can start with you, Melanie, and tell people where they can find you and how they could work with you. However, the treaty itself does not mention the word patriarchy. Despite the absence of the word from the text of the Convention, it is possible that the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW Committee) is using the concept of patriarchy when applying the Convention to state practice. We challenge the concept of gender and the roles it enforces on us; so we challenge the structure of the patriarchy. Not as the desire to take power from men, but for us to see it fairly distributed between all genders. Women are generally shown in voluntary roles or in entertainment, food, lifestyle or the fashion industry whereas men are depicted holding paid jobs in school text books, these notions further the cause of gender stereotyping.That’s not to say that just because a cultural trait has emerged it is necessarily “good”. Patriarchal norms, for instance, are damaging to our health and our societies, increasing death and suffering, and limiting humanity’s creative potential. We are, though, neither slaves to our biology nor our social norms – even if it can feel that way. This year we’ve created a series of posters for you to print out at work, home or your local library, and to put up in your kitchen, community hall, meeting room at work — wherever you like. Help create a world where women, nonbinary and gender-diverse people are safe, respected, empowered and able to make genuine choices in their lives. A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms