How to Smash the Patriarchy: A Guide For Men
Because the patriarchy hurts you, too
Let’s take a moment to look around. Humankind isn’t in great shape these days. Most people are sick, exhausted, anxious, lonely, depressed, or any combination thereof. When we look to the future, we see a world cast in doubt and shadow.
Millennials can’t afford homes, let alone white picket fences. We’re not sure what climate disasters await our 2.5 children, whether or not they are still a notion or have already arrived. Work never stops, but we can never get ahead. Our government is mired in dysfunction, and our sprawling, unwieldy, fragmented systems are failing us — hospitals, schools, courtrooms, supply chains.
Meanwhile, the one percent are cavorting in an alternate reality — sometimes even on an alternate planet — basking in the spotlight while stoking division and sucking us dry.
I think we can safely say that the patriarchy represents a failed social experiment of epic proportions.
To be clear: when I criticize the patriarchy, I’m not criticizing men. I’m criticizing a social system in which men have disproportionate access to political power, social influence, and financial gain. It’s a system that incentivizes greed, aggression, and competition, rewarding the “elite” few who are willing to…
