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So you are saying that the plot of patriarchy used to be to keep women out of the workspace, but now the plot is the opposite, to keep them out of the home? It
by irrational 6y ago
So you are saying that the plot of patriarchy used to be to keep women out of the workspace, but now the plot is the opposite, to keep them out of the home? It sounds like the patriarchs need to get together and make up their minds.
- watwut 6y agoThere is no contradiction as "keeping them home" was staying all the time at home with no income and advancement. And being forced to work here means "being punished for talking about possible pregnancy or needing more rest in the last few weeks or it or in case of health issues". Whether patriarchy or not, these are not contradictory.
- nosewings 6y agoIs it really impossible to imagine that things change? Or, less succinctly -- that there isn't an actual literal plot, there's just people reacting to incentives, and those incentives change?
- irrational 6y agoThe hard thing to imagine is the in-between time. These two plots are so opposite one another that in the middle of switching between the two the patriarchy must’ve had a coup, or had a meeting where the head of the patriarchy laid down the law and everyone tied the line, or there was mass confusion. Did the old patriarchs get replaced by new patriarchs with a new plot? Did they purposefully change their plot and women currently are unwittingly playing their game? Did they just give in to the inevitable and then devise a new plot?