Black People : Is Patriarchy a Bad Thing?

Jahari Kavi

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What I mean by my question is, does patriarchy necessarily equate to oppressing women? Is it possible for a society or household/society to be patriarchal or matriarchal, for that matter, without being oppressive???

Please provide your definitions for the term patriarchy and explanations for your answers.


Peace.
 
What I mean by my question is, does patriarchy necessarily equate to oppressing women? Is it possible for a society or household/society to be patriarchal or matriarchal, for that matter, without being oppressive???

Please provide your definitions for the term patriarchy and explanations for your answers.


Peace.
Patriarchy is a social system in which the male is head of the household, having authority over women and children. Patriarchy also refers to a system of government by males, and to the dominance of men in social or cultural systems. It may also include title being traced through the male line.[1] Wikipedia



According to Breasted, Herodutus stated that not only were the pharoanic lineages made by virtue of the mother or matrilinear, but most if not all chiefships throughout the continent.
Like the lion in the wild, were the male only fights for teritory and the female does all of the work, like hunting and raising the young, Herodutus stated that the everyday proletariat and bourgouisie of ancient Kemet, maintianed a household were the men stayed at home, raised and preducated the children, did the cooking and household chores and the women went to work.
He even went as far as stateing that it was the women who were the architects, doctors, and engineers.
An equitable system with no opressions or submissions.
According to Jomo Kenyatta in "Faceing Mount Kenya" the Kikuyu had a myth that the women ruled over the men harshly as amazons, so the men tried to rebel.
The women in that ancient time were stronger and moe wwily then the men at battle so they got them pregnant to maintain ascendency, (don't bug now it's in the book and folks who have had it since the 70s can verify).

The Semitic system as well as east Asian systems were patriarchal were the man was the head of the household, however the Black folk of Asia maintained maatriarchy as well, as brothers have mensioned before deities are demonized by the conquering nationality and the Kali of horror that we see today, was actualy a divine and loveing mother according to the Drcvidians of the superior Mohenjo Daro civilization of Southern India.

History is rarely based on fair play, ethics or mora;lity and sadly we all know who wins usualy in a violent domestic dispute, no matter how repugnant we know the act to be, and that is why history has shown that patriarchic civilizations and cultures have always opressed conqoured or colonized matriachal cultures and societies.

the patrarchal being basically warlike and the matriarchal being basically nurturing.

To keep it relevant to this Thursday, the First Americans being matriarchal on the east coast, Algonquin, Shinacok, Mohican but patriarchal on the west and Mexico, Hopi,
Navaho, Mayan, Apache Azteca,
welcomed and nurtured the incoming Europeans to their detriment.
Thier sisters and brothers in the Caribean experienced the same fate.

As Africans we also befriended and approached the Hittites, Amoriotes, Phillistines and other Arabs with nurtureing to our detriment (Two Thousand Seasons (9782911928031): Ayi Kwei Armah)
And ironicaly dealt with the Europeans the same way, also to our detriment.
however the Chinese built a wall to keep them out and the Japanese called them white devils

-------------------------------------------------


The Nation of Islam had a profound subconcious effect on the African American male mind in that the stereotype of the strong wife weak husband, was changed into the strong husband and not weak but strong and supportive wife.

It is a strange aspect of subconciously heald cultural folk ways IMHO, that so many of us right here have seen amongst friends and in family on both sides, the strong woman week man syndrome in the Black American, and Black Caribean household hence, a type of matriarchy kept after the cultural eradication of slavery.
So the Nation of Islam provided in it's own way a process of "machismo", to enter into African in America culture were the man became the head of the household and a Patriarchal society, to stand evenly and squarely to the patriarchy of the dominant white society in America.
The last remarks are based solely on personal observation and not from any text
 
Patriarchy is a social system in which the male is head of the household, having authority over women and children. Patriarchy also refers to a system of government by males, and to the dominance of men in social or cultural systems. It may also include title being traced through the male line.[1] Wikipedia



According to Breasted, Herodutus stated that not only were the pharoanic lineages made by virtue of the mother or matrilinear, but most if not all chiefships throughout the continent.
Like the lion in the wild, were the male only fights for teritory and the female does all of the work, like hunting and raising the young, Herodutus stated that the everyday proletariat and bourgouisie of ancient Kemet, maintianed a household were the men stayed at home, raised and preducated the children, did the cooking and household chores and the women went to work.
He even went as far as stateing that it was the women who were the architects, doctors, and engineers.
An equitable system with no opressions or submissions.
According to Jomo Kenyatta in "Faceing Mount Kenya" the Kikuyu had a myth that the women ruled over the men harshly as amazons, so the men tried to rebel.
The women in that ancient time were stronger and moe wwily then the men at battle so they got them pregnant to maintain ascendency, (don't bug now it's in the book and folks who have had it since the 70s can verify).

The Semitic system as well as east Asian systems were patriarchal were the man was the head of the household, however the Black folk of Asia maintained maatriarchy as well, as brothers have mensioned before deities are demonized by the conquering nationality and the Kali of horror that we see today, was actualy a divine and loveing mother according to the Drcvidians of the superior Mohenjo Daro civilization of Southern India.

History is rarely based on fair play, ethics or mora;lity and sadly we all know who wins usualy in a violent domestic dispute, no matter how repugnant we know the act to be, and that is why history has shown that patriarchic civilizations and cultures have always opressed conqoured or colonized matriachal cultures and societies.

the patrarchal being basically warlike and the matriarchal being basically nurturing.

To keep it relevant to this Thursday, the First Americans being matriarchal on the east coast, Algonquin, Shinacok, Mohican but patriarchal on the west and Mexico, Hopi,
Navaho, Mayan, Apache Azteca,
welcomed and nurtured the incoming Europeans to their detriment.
Thier sisters and brothers in the Caribean experienced the same fate.

As Africans we also befriended and approached the Hittites, Amoriotes, Phillistines and other Arabs with nurtureing to our detriment (Two Thousand Seasons (9782911928031): Ayi Kwei Armah)
And ironicaly dealt with the Europeans the same way, also to our detriment.
however the Chinese built a wall to keep them out and the Japanese called them white devils

-------------------------------------------------


The Nation of Islam had a profound subconcious effect on the African American male mind in that the stereotype of the strong wife weak husband, was changed into the strong husband and not weak but strong and supportive wife.

It is a strange aspect of subconciously heald cultural folk ways IMHO, that so many of us right here have seen amongst friends and in family on both sides, the strong woman week man syndrome in the Black American, and Black Caribean household hence, a type of matriarchy kept after the cultural eradication of slavery.
So the Nation of Islam provided in it's own way a process of "machismo", to enter into African in America culture were the man became the head of the household and a Patriarchal society, to stand evenly and squarely to the patriarchy of the dominant white society in America.
The last remarks are based solely on personal observation and not from any text

So do you believe that patriarchy is not indigenous to Africa? Because if so, I would have to disagree.
 
What I mean by my question is, does patriarchy necessarily equate to oppressing women? Is it possible for a society or household/society to be patriarchal or matriarchal, for that matter, without being oppressive???

Please provide your definitions for the term patriarchy and explanations for your answers.


Peace.

good question and I had to thank you for asking it -

I believe that any system is oppressive to the other if they are not equality balanced. Balance is the key

As far as Africa is concerned - both social constructed existed in Africa but not in the form of the European Patriarchal society.

Peace


Ru2religious
 
good question and I had to thank you for asking it -

I believe that any system is oppressive to the other if they are not equality balanced. Balance is the key

As far as Africa is concerned - both social constructed existed in Africa but not in the form of the European Patriarchal society.
Peace


Ru2religious

I agree with the bolded. So if both existed and were able to exist without being oppressive, is there anything wrong with either?....I personally say no. Do we need to redefine what patriarchy means then? Perhaps in a more African centered perspective?
 

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