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Bernardo de La Paz

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11. I'm talking reality, not the perceptions through patriarchy. Patriarchy is wrong, not my statement

Reply to Merlot (Reply #10)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 04:04 PM

Aug 2023

When people like Afghan women are oppressed as they are, they are forced by lack of alternatives to be strong. They can't afford to be weak and adapting to circumstances makes them stronger.

Yes, patriarchies do "see" women as weak or rather they push that perception regardless of reality.

Just because patriarchy is wrong, does not make my anti-patriarchy statement wrong. Perhaps you have been unclear and I don't understand why you attack my statement.

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Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public [View all] Eugene Aug 2023 OP

Taliban officials lose value when they open their stupid mouths. Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #1

They will do anything, write any rule, to control women. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #2

"The possibility of falling into sin." 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #3

Well, if women aren't held responsible for the behavior of men Merlot Aug 2023 #4

Men are prone to emotions and weak, so women are forced to be strong Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #8

Women are "forced to be strong" so much wrong with that statement. Merlot Aug 2023 #10

I'm talking reality, not the perceptions through patriarchy. Patriarchy is wrong, not my statement Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #11

Are there patriarchies that are not backward? Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #13

If a man sees a woman's face she will bewitch him and make him do bad things. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #7

The men who own the women see their asset devalued; that's the "lose value". . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #5

Yes the statement indicates women are just property with a price tag attached. Irish_Dem Aug 2023 #6

Who do think they are? Republicans? Stealing others' platforms, they are. Wonder Why Aug 2023 #9

oh my should I go to the book burning riot today or go out and put bags over women's heads nt msongs Aug 2023 #12

Geeeebz, I hate these people. Also Christian Nationalist, Catholic RW'rs, etc 🙄🤬 electric_blue68 Sep 2023 #14