Wednesday, March 23, 2022

It really is heartening to know some men wrote this

"Patriarchy is so ubiquitous and so devious that even people and organizations who oppose it in theory can end up colluding with it. We experience it as a relapsing illness. Some of its symptoms, which are most observed in workplaces, include: 

 - The belief that there is one right way of doing everything, and we alone know what it is 

-Expecting others to just 'deal with' conditions and expectations they deem unfair or harmful 

-Individualistic rather than collective notions and expressions of leadership

-Fear of vulnerability and intimacy 

-Commitment to inflexible hierarchy 

-Power hoarding 

-Prioritizing performance and production over care and protection"

~ Philip Agnew and Marcus Littles

"Dismantling the Patriarchy Inside of Us - Non Profit News" | Nonprofit Quarterly

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/dismantling-the-patriarchy-inside-of-us/

The Bible Study Guys at The Coffee Shop and many others are more likely to listen to men when they have a problem with patriarchal oppression due to various cultural messages they've received throughout their lives.

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