Here are a few choice suggestions from Mumsnutters on how they might destroy the evil Patriarchy… I was going to make sarcastic comments pointing out the idiocy, hypocrisy and unworkability of some of these, but as you are not Mumsnetters, I figured you didn’t need my help.. so feel free to comment on any that really make you want to point and laugh…
“Why is that men in relatively powerless situations still feel able/willing to mobilise politically to overthrow political regime which oppress them and become violent if necessary and we don’t?”
“I suppose a parallel could be drawn with the anti-apartheid movement – it certainly hasn’t ended racism in South Africa but it has changed the power structure in many ways. It seems to me that we would have more chance of changing the cultural attitudes after women were in power.”
“My choice is to have a really interesting, engaging, high status, high paid career and to function properly as a hands on mother with lots of time and energy for my children with a really good work life balance.
Unfortunately, the way the job market is structured at the moment, militiates [sic] against giving me that choice in the main.”
“But it seems that women are receiving a backlash of quite enormous strength and vigour. We’re the new serfs and the dumping-grounds of astonishing hate, bile and exploitation.”
“I am interested in views on whether the revolution will necessarily be violent i.e. you have to fight fire with fire.”
“The suffragettes used to go out and plant bombs and smash windows in the West End. They got themselves arrested and sent to prison. They were hard core compared to what we’re up to now. I’ve been thinking about that quite a lot recently.”
“If feminist thinkers joined the main political parties en masse, especially if they could outnumber the pro-patriarchy thinkers, then we could start exerting real influence on the decisions made in our country. Also if we invaded took over the majorities on school boards and other organisations that heavily influence culture and policy, we could guide decisions in favour of female-friendly changes etc.”
“Women staying with abusive partners, I don’t view this as weak but a rational choice that they would be worse off on their own under the patriarchal system.”
“Women should stop getting married and living with men. I’ve reached the conclusion that male-female pair-bonding is the pillar that holds up the patriarchy and keeps it rock solid. This is the very key. Women should live with their friends, sisters, old classmates, other single mothers, or their own mothers. This is the quickest way to make the entire house of cards collapse.”
“Could women all go on strike?”
“I think women should vote for women, not parties.”
“I’ve reached a point where I am bloody sick of reading what men have to say, especially what men have to say about social injustice, and even more especially what men have to say about the oppression of women. I can’t be bothered to listen to them any more. Bunch of dead, white, bearded loudmouths oozing privilege, when I have to read them I feel like shouting “oh for FUCK’S SAKE, SHUT IT”. And I just scroll on past the live ones who just love to regale us with endless mansplainy inches of their “wisdom” on the internet, holding my middle finger aloft as I do so. Fuckers.”
..and all this was from just one thread…
Mumsnet Sucks! 
