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It takes them a while but the little boys of the “This has NOTHING to do with patriarchy” have finally responded with some very deep and astute observations.
The “It has NOTHING to do with patriarchy” boys respond
The little boys of “It has NOTHING to do with patriarchy” are almost as entertaining as white women who in response to my thread about how footsoldiers of patriarchy aka GOP white women obsess over misogyny and Muslim women, ask me why I’m not upset about Muslim misogyny.
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People ask what #patriarchy is. Think “Jim Crow” and apply it to women—all women. It’s a web of systems, structures, practices and believes that enforce gender hierarchy and silence women. 1/
#This is what #patriarchy looks like in the US right now. 2/
And #patriarchy looks like #this. Yesterday, .@OrrinHatch refused to listen to women and their concerns. 3/
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Random etymology for the day. खर means donkey in Sanskrit. khar means the same in Persian. घोष means sound in Sanskrit. Gush means ear in Persian. Combine those, and we get “animal with large ears like a donkey”—khargush=खरगोश=rabbit
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