The patriarchy is an adaptable and exclusionary form of systemic power that guides over policies, politics, social norms, authority, and privilege. It leads to ranking humans based on historically-excluded identities (e.g., gender), characteristics (e.g., skin color, physical or cognitive ability), and social class (e.g., education, wealth, family name), and power is held by those deemed “highest” in rank as established when the system was created. In the U.S., our patriarchy was cultivated politically, economically, and socially when Western Europeans violently colonized land inhabited by indigenous peoples; established its industrial power primarily through slave labor; and developed “rights” under a democracy that did not recognize people who were not heterosexual white males as full humans (if it recognized them at all). Our country has thrived on ranking its people.

LoNg TiMe AgO, right? Aren’t we all EqUaL nOw (or, at least, don’t we all have equal opportunities)?

Our earliest government documents (such as the Constitution) were drafted by the people poised to gain the most and hold the highest power in their time. And it is these documents that voters still cite, the media, politicians, and the Supreme Court when discussing, supporting, or repealing laws and policies that further unequal and inequitable policies.

So, yes, our country’s violent, patriarchal establishment happened a long time ago—except that we are still operating under the same basic structure and tenets that benefited few. Any advancements in rights happened by people who intentionally “interrupted the patriarchy” in their way.

one is free until we are all free.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

If you value your bodily autonomy, improved health outcomes, the right to be treated equally and given equal and equitable opportunity, and the ability to make at least as much money as the next mediocre dude, then you should start doing some interrupting.

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