Free Will

Why would agriculture existing mean that the patriarchy needs to exist?

I'm aware that the patriarchy started during agriculture and has lasted thousands of years, but the same could be said for the slave-owning mode of production.

Just because something lasted a long time, doesn't make it eternal, unless you think there's some natural law that puts women below men. And if you do somehow think that, I'm sorry but you're not really a feminist.

lowkey getting tired of self defeatist blackpill attitudes "the patriarchy will never end" Why not? We went from using boats to rockets in like 200 years but you think men will forever have privilege in society? Why do you think that?

Daria Kropacheva (Moldavian,b.1989)

Arachne, 2016

Oil on canvas

Orange. Since we are recent mutuals, we should meet up at the picnic ^^

AWW YESS 🧡

Usually this is true in general but tbh I think PETA is just fucking weird and kind of equal opportunity

Seriously what the fuck is this shit bro.

You cannot convince me this isn't some kind of fetish ^

And apparently a lot of dudes did that fur thing too:

The fact that this is my search history now...

when peta takes pictures of women

when peta takes pictures of men

i support veganism, but i hate peta

Literally, and most people are honestly just as nervous to do that as you are!

I mean worst that happens if they don't like you is, well just that, it's not you're going to be yelled at for approaching someone in a normal way in any usual circumstance.

what they don't tell you about making friends is you gotta be a lil annoying. you gotta push past the fear of "what if they don't want to talk to me" and simply ask someone how their day is going, send a meme. you cannot connect to people if you're both just awkwardly waiting for the other to start.

TRAs: "If you hate being a woman so much than just transition"

Yeah fuck that

we don't want a dick we want respect

Just say misogyny if you're just like women

Making male as a default harms women by making us an other

Yeah these people don't seem like transmisogynists to me or anything

Calling people TERFs for having feminist blogs or mentioning female genitals is definitely very McCarthyism-coded

Honestly I've noticed that a lot of the anti-terf shit is like McCarthyism

Like the "if they talk about feminism a lot they're probably a TERF"

reminds me of the shit like "If they talk about workers rights they're probably a communist"

Like damn maybe kind of accurate but how is there no "are we the baddies" moment here?

Like seriously what is this shit bro? @oarfishing  https://www.tumblr.com/oarfishing/758650339125821440/alright-im-sick-of-seeing-terfisms-on-my-dash?source=share

What? No. Women get more economic power when they: aren't expected to stop working to have a child or if they get enough maternity leave and affordable pre-k education, when female-dominated fields aren't devalued, when women aren't told they must prioritize men and children over financial independence, etc. You know, all things we have made significant gains in over the past 50 years, but we're still not there yet. These are still the stats and a pretty common situation:

2. Yes? and it provides more bodily autonomy for women.

3. And... what does a group of individuals make up?

4. I would say that almost every political or social movement would beg to differ.

5. Women's shelters for one.

6. Just completely missed the point I guess. Maybe perpetuating the idea that people who look female act one way, and people who look male act another way (in a way that advantages males), isn't great for women or feminism?

7. Pretty simple. A patriarchy is a system that doesn't advantage males over females as a whole. A policy that I didn't mention already is abolishing porn and the sex industry by criminalizing sex buyers, and not the sex workers. Also, requiring women to be included in medical trials. And also, boycott things like makeup, which is functionally useless and just feeds off the idea that women are just meant to be pretty yet women are also not pretty already.

Patriarchy is also often perpetuated through how people are raised, aka male vs female socialization, so working to combat that would help. It's not "just vibes". It's also "don't teach your daughter that math is for men".

We used to make fun of people for saying "not all men" it was beautiful