no and no.
> In what direction do you think she needs to budge
One in which the author does not assume her brother should blame a greater system of patriarchy and white supremacy.
Interestingly the USSR used to be known for limb lengthening surgery, although I heard it was very much in a Soviet tradition.
I'm insecure about my looks because I'm happier when I see attractive people and I know I can't give other people that happiness.
What makes you think these two can be cleanly separated?
> The social structure that results is emergent, not designed.
... yes, and the undesigned structure that has emerged we are labelling "patriarchy".
> the social structure of humanity is based on genetic necessity
... requires a lot more unpacking. Is this asserting that culture doesn't exist and material conditions are irrelevant? All behaviour is only genetic? I don't think that's what you're claiming, but I can't parse it otherwise.
Definitely. It feels like there's a difference in our interpretation of the context of the word "patriarchy". I have most often heard it used as a condemnation of a group of individuals who are also disadvantaged by the social structure. Similar to the way "idealism" is commonly used to disparage positive future thinking.
I would sure rather a society where no one has to feel like they're in a fight for survival where the only way to win is someone else losing.
Patriarchy hurts men too!
He said "One in which the author does not assume her brother should blame a greater system of patriarchy and white supremacy."
My interpretation was that the person was not affected by the racism or the society norms and the author is wrong, I pointed out that her stories about the racism and the rest are confirmed by statistics, so I am not sure why the OP is so sure that the author is wrong, does he have more information?
Yes the article is subjective and the author can be wrong but a random guy wants to disprove the author because his political views disagree with the author.