You've probably heard a bunch of bullshit about the patriarchy and how it's the source of all problems for women. The way feminists and their cling-ons talk about the patriarchy, it's a sort of ephemeral ever-present evil.

The reason patriarchy is ephemeral is because it's simply not the real problem. Feminists have made it up.

What a feminist -- a faulty woman -- actually resents is the undeniable power of the walking, talking, opinionated man standing in front of her. She resents that this man is vastly more physically and often mentally powerful than she is. She resents that any freedom she has - to speak, act, or anything else - is because this man implicitly permits her.

At any point, the man may choose to completely dominate her and force her to do whatever he wants. Society has conditioned him to not behave that way yet that latent power remains. The power differential is always there and will remain as long as males exist.

This faulty woman is torn up inside knowing that everything she has is due to the grace and generosity of a man who could, at any moment, take it all away from her.

But this woman cannot speak directly of her resentment of this man's power. She is aware of the risk of retribution, social rejection, or of the man expressing his physical power against her. Speaking truth to power is a dangerous game and so the resentment is not spoken of directly. Instead, feminists use the abstract patriarchy when they really mean the mostly-harmless man standing in front of them.

So when you hear the word patriarchy and wonder who the hell they're talking about, they're talking about you. Their power depends on you not realizing yours.

Tip TheRealProblem for their post.