The world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 and I was a little bothered by the whole thing. Today, many enlightened people happily acknowledge this beautiful and empowering statement that women do indeed hold up half the sky. Because the truth is that much of the world operates on a patriarchal system, in which men are given authority over women in almost all aspects of society. Patriarchy rules on the world stage, with male-centric attitudes dominating most of civilisation today and permeating into decision-making at every level. Patriarchy is an obsolete system that is no longer relevant (and in my book, never relevant to begin with).

Source: The Star March 15, 2021 08:32 UTC