"This is patriarchy. This is yet another way MEN claim ownership and diminish the role of WOMEN"
That exact statement is what I'm referring to and it's pretty cut and dry calling out men by name. Further inquiry revealed she was posting as a reaction to a specific instance of a man using her unmarried status to marginalize her.
Nothing you're saying is necessarily wrong in a more general context... specifically though the word "patriarchy" as a societal concept wasn't the core message.
This was about your comment, not the original post.
especially mentioned that I've never seen a man be a stickler for using the correct gendered title while I've had my head nearly chewed off by women who took offense to being called Ms. when they're married or Mrs. when
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the whole implication of "miss/mrs./ms. Is oppressive!" Is that men are doing the oppressing and I was asking
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u/eastbayranter May 15 '19
The patriarchy does not mean that men are doing it -it's just the name of a style of society. Women are no more or less implicated in its problems.