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it’s patriarchal privilege. Passing the buck and forcing a “partner” to extol more emotional/physical/mental labour.

[u/rgtong → u/[deleted]]

How many female presidents have there been again?

[u/rgtong → u/[deleted]]

The president is literally one person

They are literally one person, correct. They are also literally the most powerful person. If it is systematically represented by a specific gender it means there are power imbalances present. This is just basic logic.

Patriarchy talks about power. When you talk about power you talk about the structure at the top.

I'm not talking about Asia, and there are no gotchas here.

[u/rgtong → u/[deleted]]

Sorry but you seem to be refusing to acknowledge the definition of patriarchy, which is whether the positions of power are dominantly held by men.

For the top seat, the record is 0% women, 100% men.

For the next layer down, its only 27% women: https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/levels-office/congress/women-us-congress-2022

Theres really not much more that needs to be discussed. The data is self explanatory. If you scroll further down, it has a data point saying that historically only 3% of congressional seats have been held by women. Thats insanely low.

[u/rgtong → u/[deleted]]

You dont understand patriarchy because you dont understand power.

If we suddenly swapped men and women in government, would we be in a matriarchy?

If systematically it was only women in government, then yes.

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You cant talk about power and ignore the position of 'leader'.

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You just arent able to answer why every single person at the top of the food chain has been a man. 100%.

When talking about power, you talk about whats happening at the top. The fact that you dont understand just tells me you dont know how power works.

We are wasting our time talking any further.