{"id":298664,"date":"2024-12-04T06:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/patriarchy-thrives-20241203\/"},"modified":"2024-12-04T06:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T04:16:46","slug":"patriarchy-thrives-20241203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/patriarchy-thrives-20241203\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarchy thrives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Women For Change\u2019s petition and call for the cancellation of Chris Brown\u2019s upcoming concert in South Africa exposed our patriarchy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call is based on his long history of abusing women, with reference to him abusing singer Rihanna in 2009. Regardless of South Africa\u2019s stigma of gender-based violence (GBV), others rushed to social media to defend the American singer, even sharing their excitement about attending the concert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sad reality is that the Women For Change advocacy against GBV proved futile given that the tickets sold out in a matter of hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa prioritises profit over everything, social well-being, its own state agenda, and social factors. The overwhelming support for Brown in a country that is labelled the world\u2019s rape capital shows we lack understanding of how we gained this jarring reputation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The patriarchy is at the centre of it. Sylvia Walby, radical feminist scholar, broadly analysed patriarchy as a social system that prioritises men and sees them as superior to women. It is rooted in the oppression and marginalisation of women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She identified six social structures and practices that create and reinforce the patriarchy, namely: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Household production: which includes everything from the hierarchy of importance within the family, with women\u2019s roles often seen as inferior and accompanied by unpaid domestic work. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Labour: where women are either excluded and discriminated against and or paid less.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Culture: which entails ideologies and praxis that portray women as inherently inferior, a view often reinforced by religion, media, and even language. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sexuality: ensures that women\u2019s sexuality is more controlled, while men have more freedoms. Women have less bodily autonomy and agency. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Violence: GBV and sexual abuse give men power over women, leaving women subdued and fearful. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The state and related structures: legal systems and policies have a long history of perpetuating systematic and direct violences against women. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have seen some very influential celebrities, leaders we love and look up to, support Brown or criticise Women For Change\u2019s boycott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, they have attempted to compartmentalise abuse as separate from Brown\u2019s artistry and work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Africa has its own fair share of these kinds of demonic perpetrators who hunt women for sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem with our division as a country (especially as women) over issues like the Brown boycott, is that we believe we are different and have therefore transcended some of the patriarchal oppressions. You could be a young, poor woman, wearing next to nothing, twerking in a hip-hop music video for a living, or a church woman and highly respected member of your community, married with children and a thriving career in what is perceived as an important industry \u2013 the patriarchy does not care. 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