NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/soc/men/23302

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From: [e-mail] (Bronis Vidugiris)
Subject: Re: What does "Male-dominated society" mean?
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 05:39:43 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (SunCat) writes:
)Thought I'd share this.  From _Man!_ magazine winter 1992.
)A review of susan Faludi's _Backlash_ by Davis Taylor.
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)   What is not well understood outside of the men's movement is that the
)patriarchal system brought into our awareness by the women's movement is
)not a much better deal for most men than it is for most women.  As Robert
)Moore says in his book _King, Warrior, Magician, Lover_, the feminist
)critique that the patriarchy is out to destroy women is half right, but
)the patriarchy is out to destroy men, too.

So far so good.


  It is a dehumanizing and
)life-sucking system, whether one happens to be male or female.

Yep.

 Yes,
)patriarchy is an expression of the masculine, not the feminine.

Ooops!

Sorry, I'm not convinced that 'the patriarchy' is 'an expression of the
masculine'.

I refer to talk about 'The System' rather than the patriarchy - it tends
to be lest sexist, usually.

Actually, 'The Patriarchy' should really refer to 'Father Rule', as I
understand the technical definiton.  I'm not very convinced that father's
rule much nowadays.