Can you prove that we don't live under a Patriarchy?

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At least within Western society, what powers do I as a man have over women by simple virtue of being a man?

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simply walking down the street without being harassed.

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That's not a power over women, that's a social perk.

We already had a bait thread today.

Guys, I don't like this election cycle. Every thread is just a shitpost about SJWs rather than discussing current events and theory and how they intertwine. It's not fun.

This is the worst thread and you wonder why nobody takes you seriously.

certain men are harassed because they are seen as "feminine" and are assaulted or raped for not fitting into the psychological standards of a Patriarchy.

Blame it on the burgers for stretching out their campaign for over a year before the actual event. You just have to weather the storm, then it'll calm down again.

Men should open up emotionally but about thing I agree with otherwise it's "Male Tears" :^)

Your entire argument can be unwound by the fact that men aren't a hivemind. You can't say every single feminine man is assaulted, that isn't fair.

i dont see the need of proving it. even if we do, so what? might as well enjoy my male muh privilege before the world ends from a nuke war or environmental destruction

i didn't say every single feminine men is assaulted, i said certain men who get assaulted are seen as "feminine" by the assaulter, it's about domination, that's why when it comes to men being raped its mostly happening in prisons.

I'm sure this is based on extensive research and not just a blanket assertion you're making because it confirms your worldview.

We have women in government and some countries currently have women presidents.

Women have special muh privileges and women-only services in addition to regular services.

The bourgeoisie has plenty of women exploiting male proletarians.

You can post this garbage bait thread without your husband/dad/brother/cousin beating you for daring to have an opinion and talk to men.

So does that mean that popular male figures who get sexually harassed by women are given that treatment because they're little bitchy girly men who aren't properly respected in society? Man, that explains tons thanks.

ignore the reply, it was meant for the OP.

Oh look, another gross generalisation.

burden of proof; you're asserting that something so you have to prove it

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No shit, but if you're going to claim women hold anything but a minority of these positions globally you're deluding yourself.

Maternity leave is literally matriarchy, you heard it here first folks.

You're clearly a disturbed individual. This thread has apparently bruised your ego by forcing you to confront the fact you're not the most oppressed special snowflake on the planet.

Burden of proof

No shit. If you are thinking europe or america is anything like islamic or tribal countries you are also deluding yourself. An equal representation is not required to not be a patriarchy.

You are the only one saying matriarchy here, blubberball. I only said its not a patriarchy.

Thanks

I think you confused this place with r/redpill, Holla Forums or r/fullcommunism. Theres plenty of people being fucked over harder than me in other places on earth, including but not limited to slavery in india, sweatshop workers, sex slaves in suadiarabia, north koreans as a whole, south americans living under cartel rule etc.

However, I don't have the power to help sweatshop workers in bangladesh, I dont have the power to help sex slaves in suadiarabia, I dont have the power to stop cartels.

The only power I have is being a cog in a grander machine to overthrow the capitalists in my geographical area, who have power over me.

Other than that, stop jerking of or whatever you're doing at your power fantasy over a strawman version of "the enemy", me. I am not your enemy, you have been fed lies. The enemy is the bourgeoisie and their footsoldiers.

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Man look at all that evidence and explanation of your reasoning!

Is street harassment also a class issue? Like I think it's a behavior we wouldn't expect from high income, bourgeois individuals. And maybe women from lower classes respond to it differently as well.

You can demonstrate that it doesn't exist. Some people from the men's-rights side seem to think we live under a matriarchy. Clearly those two things are mutually exclusive and can't both be true at the same time. Proving that males don't have a dominant position in society or exert more influence than women I guess would also prove it wrong.

I can prove that we live under Capitalism, I'll give you that there are some patriarchal aspects but it's all related towards the more traditionalist countries where there is a stronger Patriarchy (that is strengthened by imperialistic Capitalism), here in more first world nations the more "progressive" Liberalism is taking hold and basically decreasing Patriarchal influence for a more bourgeois egalitarianism.