Patriarchy

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What The Manosphere got wrong about The Matrix Trilogy and Fight Club AKA "Most Guys Do"

10 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

What the adherents of the manosphere and Patriarchy fail to understand is that it, not the world under the influence of Feminism and "wokeism", is The Matrix, the thing that inspires the feeling that something is wrong with the world. Their doctrines...

My Failed Attempts at Smashing Patriarchy and Other Oppressive Structures: A Writing Index

23 Sep 2022 3 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

I'll readily admit that my attempts to smash the pernicious, pervasive and systemic oppression that is Patriarchy have been unsuccessful. However, that hasn't been for lack of trying. Here, then, is a list of posts I've writ on the topic (including I...

Yet More Preaching to The Choir (Why I Realised Fighting Patriarchy Solo is An Unwinnable War)

6 Sep 2022 3 minute read 10 comments Great White Snark

Smashing the Patriarchy is hard, even for men. Non-men fight it in groups. Men mostly fight it alone, as much outside of themselves as inside. I would know, having done my fair share of it and getting nowhere. I don't regret doing it, though. I'd lik...

Save some face; you have only one. Change your ways, while you're young.

15 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

Boy, one day you'll be a man.Oh, girl, please help him understand! — Brandon Flowers, Mark August, et al/The Killers; Smile Like You Mean it; Hot Fuss (deliberately misquoted) Warning: This post centres around issues of toxic masculinity, Patriarch...

Why are there so few men who are Feminists or Pro-Feminist? I have some observations, drawn from experience.

12 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

Based on my experience as one of the fortunate few who doesn't pay much heed to gender roles nor subscribe to conventional views of masculinity, I have a theory. That theory is that Feminism is, generally, not a popular movement or set of ideas/ideal...