Patriarchy and Gynocenterism and Why Both Are Right

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Patriarchy and Gynocenterism and Why Both Are Right


Lets start with definitions:



Patriarchy



Patriarchy is a social system in which males hold primary power, predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social privilege and control of property. source



Gynocenterism



Gynocentrism n. (Greek, γυνή, “female” – Latin centrum, “centred” ) refers to a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice; or to the advocacy of this.1 Anything can be considered gynocentric (Adj.) when it is concerned exclusively with a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view. 2 source



Ask any virtually feminist and they will point out that men have ruled the world for most of history, and that they have excluded women from participating in the government process, and ask virtually any mens rights activist and they will point out that throughout history men have been expected to lay down their lives for women as a group (women and children first, war, etc.)



The truth is that both are correct, yes men have been the majority of rulers throughout history, but the laws that they have created has not been to advance men over women,. For every "women are not allowed to own property" their is also a "men must pay all expenses for ALL of his female relatives." These things are balanced. Laws are created to meet a perceived social needs.



And yes men are biologically expendable, her's a great discussion on this is by Lindybeige:



And I am not going to say that, perhaps, men went too far in trying to protect their women. And it's these efforts to protect that have created a lot of the arguments feminists have.



So I ask you, are men still expendable? Are we to a point in today's world where men no longer need to be the bloody sacrifice to protect women? Do men count? Feminists are trying so hard to dismantle the Patriarchy that I think that they forget the other half of the equation, that men have throughout history, been the wall between them and those that would harm them.



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Patriarchy and Gynocenterism and Why Both Are Right
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