If that seems too academically dense, put it this way: capitalism (the patriarchy) needs labour to build wealth for the power holders in society. It’s specifically that the patriarchy is a system that heirarchises power and gives preferential treatment to men and demotes women. … Some distinguishing features of a woman-centered social system include free and easy sexuality and wide latitude in personal style. Because under the patriarchy, men got to write history and those men have a vested interest in their own sex, race and socio-economic class remaining in control. One of the prime tasks of feminism is to teach women that the patriarchy is not inevitable.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 22, 2023 03:05 UTC