Are we ready to just call it Patriarchy?
Anthropologists say that they can’t find any evidence of any Matriarchal society, at any time or place, among primitives, and certainly not among advanced civilizations. We only have Strong Patriarchy, or Weak Patriarchy.
Given what we have seen, from experiments like Bear Grylls The Island, or from attempts (spectacularly unsuccessful) at all-woman companies — or the tendency, I hear, for woman pastors anywhere to spend all their time basically arguing that women can do whatever they like with no consequences, and otherwise basically making stuff up out of thin air that suits their mood — this makes sense.
There is a certain, perhaps small, subset of Christian women who are actually pretty happy with using the term Patriarchy.
Because, when you reject Feminism, what’s next for a woman?
I was talking a couple days ago with a man that set up a “Christian Academy” (at least Grades 9-12, maybe 7-12 or K-12). He is also a father of six. In other words, the best sort of person. He was explaining to me that part of this school program is a class on “Chivalry” for boys, and “Christian Womanhood” for girls.
Of course I had a moment of cringe. Dalrock destroyed this “Chivalry” ideal a decade ago.
Basically, Chivalry is a pattern of adultery among the noble classes. Typically a married noblewoman, a queen, duchess, etc., would have an affair with one of her servants, probably a Knight in Shining Armor. The basic pattern is that of Arthurian legend, or Queen Guinevere (Arthur’s wife) and Sir Lancelot (one of Arthur’s Knights).
Basically, Guinevere was a Ho, and Lancelot was one of her underlings. This was known as “Courtly Love.”
Wikipedia on “Courtly Love.”
This ancient theme meshed very nicely with Feminism, with the common element that a man is a servant or underling of a woman, and has to “treat her like a Queen.”
Literally a painting of Guinevere and Lancelot.
Obviously, we have to discard that pattern. We act like King Arthur, certainly a Patriarch, and what do we do? We take Guinevere, our adulterous wife, tie her to a post, and whip her.
Literally a painting of Arthur and Guinevere.
From Germania (98 AD), by Roman historian Tacitus:
I think that men are still a little hesitant to be Patriarchs. But, that is what we must do. I think women would like it. Be Arthur, not Lancelot.
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