I have bad news for you, then: women are part of the patriarchy, too, as many of them also enforce destructive norms for both men and women. For example: despi

I have bad news for you, then: women are part of the patriarchy, too, as many of them also enforce destructive norms for both men and women. For example: despite being a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat all her life and pretty far left on most issues, my grandmother couldn't fathom electing women to any positions of political power. I can only imagine what her reaction to the current election would have been. I mostly gave her a pass on that, though, since she was born in 1920, but I've also known much younger women with the same hang-up. In other words: your gender really has no bearing on whether you are part of the patriarchy.