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Major Nikon

(36,922 posts)
5. That's the great thing about the invention of the "patriarchy"
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 03:03 PM
Aug 2012

You can blame everything on men, even if the problems are a direct result of female behavior. This also leads to other nutty concepts like objectification, self-objectification, male-gaze, etc. Once you have a whole set of pseudo-scientific tools at your disposal, you can use them to draw all sorts of false premises like girls going through adrenarche or puberty prefer sexy dolls because they have been sexualized by the patriarchy and ignore the more obvious reason that their body is releasing hormones into their bloodstream which has a dramatic effect on sexual behavior.

I agree that dads should take a stand against beauty queen moms, and on the opposite side of the spectrum I see an even bigger threat from moms who teach their daughters they are victims of the "patriarchy". Imagine the effect of training your kids to be lifelong malcontents and all the sexual hangups that go with their warped agenda. At least the daughters of beauty queen moms have a pretty good shot at a healthy emotional life so long as their fathers are fulfilling their role adequately.

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