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2025- This is the patriarchy attempting to maintain it's ancient grip on women and children [View all]
https://www.populationmedia.org/the-latest/unmasking-the-patriarchy-its-origins-impact-and-the-path-to-equalityAccording to author Angela Saini “The first clear signs of women being treated categorically differently from men appear much later, in the first states in ancient Mesopotamia, the historical region around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
5000 years ago.
We really shouldn't have expected the patriarchy to just give up with a shrug in a century, after 5000 years.
The bottom line is, feudal societies were by law patriarchal. In the last few centuries, the old brittish dominance continued to give white male straight christian (english) men privileges they really believe they are entitled to. Now, with intermarriage and global immigration, they're the minority and they're freaking terrified.
This will be a fight, but freedom and democracy will ultimately win.
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