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Thoughts on the concept of the patriarchy

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I ended up having a heated discussion with an acquaintance of mine on the concept of 'the patriarchy' yesterday.

My take is that is useless as a sociological concept and that while yes, it has been useful politically to organize around certain disadvantages women have experienced, but that it obscures more than it illuminates.

What bothers me the most is how absurdly flexible the concept is and can be used to pinpoint men as the problem no matter what the discussion. My examples that men die from suicide and die from workplace accidents at much higher rates than women for example were explained with 'men are the victim of the system they themselves uphold too.'

So not only are certain groups of men the big losers in society but they are also responsible for their own situation. Usually when this circular reasoning is pointed out these types respond with some sort of reference to how an intersectional approach is very important to keep in mind but I've yet to come across anyone who can actually perform this mental feat in real life.

What are y'all's approach to this?

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