Category: Patriarchy
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Unrighteous Dominion
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve recently become aware of a theological error that enables unrighteous dominion in this life, and endangers the eternal salvation of millions of people. This error must be addressed. I only understood the danger fully after I compared Egyptian burial practices with Pictish cross slabs. It is strange that I didn’t see…
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Steve Bannon is a Pretend Traditionalist
Reading Time: 2 minutesI recently found a key date that confirms my suspicions about Steve Bannon’s so-called Traditionalism. I’ve long suspected that Bannon isn’t a real traditionalist. To be clear, Bannon is not a real traditionalist in the same sense that Donald Trump was never a real candidate. Bannon piggy-backed on this conversation in the…
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Patriarchy Weakens Participation by Women
Reading Time: 8 minutesThere is a contradiction between progressives defending democratic principles, and proponents of the traditional family. This conflict is not limited to the well-known dispute between the Democratic Party and Conservatives in Congress. The problem is much older and far-reaching than that, as illustrated in this article by Chandrakala Padia. She concludes that…
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Plato’s War on Women
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe foundation of the ancient Greeks’ project for civilization was their determination to turn the female sex into a subject population. But there were unintended consequences. Plato’s war on women helped bring about the end of monarchy. Philo There is evidence that the Greeks were toying with the idea of subjecting women…
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The Misogyny Suburb
Reading Time: 4 minutesSome time ago it occurred to me that my earnest attempts to correct misogynistic notions are based on a misunderstanding. I thought misogynists were not aware of the facts. But when it comes to the battle of the sexes, the facts are not all that important. They are not even the point.…
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Propaganda in Turkey
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe problem with a conversation like this one is that it’s easy to get drawn into hit-and-miss analyses of foreign policy. You try to resist the temptation, but once in a while a headline comes along that’s impossible to ignore–like the one about ‘young Turks’ protesting in the streets of Ankara. https://www.gulf-times.com/story/356371/youths-seek-greater-liberty-not-revolution.…
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Patriarchy
Reading Time: 14 minutesThis was written for the Wikipedia article. Much of that article was deleted in a dispute. What is Patriarchy? Patriarchy is a social system in which the father or eldest male is head of the household, having authority over women and children. Patriarchy also refers to a system of government by…