All slides are from the presentation by Dr. Cathy Higgins.
Given that power works best from the shadows (insert creepy *mou-ah-ah-ah, here), it is always beneficial to bring the artifice of power into plain sight so can be properly evaluated and critiqued. If one doesn’t know what Patriarchy is, then how can it ever be brought down? Finding the root of the problem and working toward solving that problem – what radical feminism is – provides the means not only to criticize our patriarchal society, but to change it.
Lofty goals aside, for the critical work to get done, a common base of knowledge must be established, hence the reason for our 14 slide foray into the land of patriarchy.
Slide 1 – Patriarchal Gender Stereotypes
Slide 2 – The Patriarchy – How this system comes about.
Slide 3 – The qualities of Patriarchy.
Slide 4 – The role of the individual in the system of Patriarchy.
Slide 5 – Patriarchy – definitions and consequences.
Slide 6 – Patriarchal Stereotypes
Slide 7 – Patriarchy in ‘Western’ Society – What it looks like.
Slide 8 – The specifics of Patriarchy.
Slide 9 – Patriarchy’s effects on more global scale.
Slide 10 – Historical origins of Patriarchy.
Slide 11 – Patriarchy in society and within ourselves.
Slide 12 – Patriarchy in society and within ourselves, continued.
Slide 13 – Fighting the patriarchal paradigm.
Slide 14 – Conclusions and questions to ponder.
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The Intransigent One
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3 comments
March 9, 2016 at 9:54 am
Emma
This about sums it up. Excellent presentation.
A quote I came upon this morning:
The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on earth. Women’s inequality has profoundly affected our world.
It’s from Jimmy Carter. There is more, and all of it wonderful, here:
http://www.bustle.com/articles/104161-7-wonderful-jimmy-carter-quotes-on-womens-rights-that-will-make-him-your-new-favorite-feminist
If such a deeply religious man like Carter can understand it, there is no reason others should not.
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March 9, 2016 at 9:56 am
Emma
P.S. But the first bulleted statement is only half correct: men are from Mars, and women are from Malleus Maleficarum.
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March 9, 2016 at 10:17 am
Emma
P.S.S. Let me just vent, ever so briefly, about the Roman gods / planets / gamete symbols used to represent the sexes: the male dynamic arrow points upward, toward the sky, in an undeniable representation of movement (and a right(eous) one at that); while the female is immovable and solidly grounded — by a cross, no less…
And when the symbols are entwined / connected, “naturally” the male dynamic movement is constrained by the female earth-bound solidness in the cliched ball-and-chain fashion. The negative implications are obvious.
Yes, I understand the symbolism of our biological reality (mobile sperm vs. stationary egg ‘n all), but sheesh. We need to come up with something better.
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