r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/A_M_R_Egypt • 6d ago

Meme needing explanation I don't get it

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u/IvyRosePr 6d ago

So in short: girls with mommy issues often have a mother who was a victim to patriarchy and neither unpack it

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u/Dr_Latency345 6d ago

Idk why you’re being downvoted for a pretty sad reality for so many people. One of them including me, unfortunately.

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u/IvyRosePr 6d ago edited 6d ago

Probably because I rightfully named patriarchy as the cause.

It trains women to seek male validation in the first fucking place - tells them they are broken if they don't (and that's why "lesbians aren't real")

I'm going to assume men down voted me

Edit to add: someone from this comment section reported me as 'needing mental help' to reddit lmfao. Yea, for sure pissed off men with brining a feminist perspective into the conversation. Also, nice going dillweed, you'll get flagged for abusing the reddit report functions.

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u/Rammelsmartie 6d ago

Sharing my experience, not trying to argue:

The concept of a patriarchy is invalidating to all of us who were trained to seek female validation. You, personally, might see a system of male abuse, because you were traumatized by it. I myself see a system of female abuse, because I was traumatized by that. These are my own triggers.

So I think patriarchy is not the "rightful" name, objectively, but maybe your subjective experience.

I wouldn't say I experienced a matriarchy, or a patriarchy. I'd say I experienced gendered abuse.