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Quiescent wrote:

Why is it always a sword with guys? Patriarchy.

I’m more partial to axes, swords take to much work to use correctly.

Auphelia wrote:

~(^-^)~

I was thinking in terms of the glass ceiling as a Patriarchal concept (but thought that might have mixed my figurative message a bit), but that's certainly a far less complicated way to put it!

Having been an observer, and frequently having discussions with my mother on that, I agree with the concept of the glass ceiling. But I’m more of mind that it’s a class or social standing then all one gender keeping the other out of power.

*Sips tea*

Drystar wrote:

I’m more partial to axes, swords take to much work to use correctly.

Not that many men know how to use their sword correctly.

Quiescent wrote:

Why is it always a sword with guys? Patriarchy.

Honestly.

*sighs*

*secures her harness*

Ready to get back to spelunking in that cave?

Hanguk-Nippon wrote:

*Sips tea*

Hi again! ^-^

Auctoritatisque wrote:

Cause us males love our massive swords and sh*t

Not me.

Hello what happened?

Aidenfieeld wrote:

A mix of debates and role play.

Also people getting angry. :P

Aidenfieeld wrote:

Not me.

I do. Power fantasy and Cloud-Esque swords are epic

Auphelia wrote:

Not that many men know how to use their sword correctly.

Honestly.

*sighs*

*secures her harness*

Ready to get back to spelunking in that cave?

There’s a fencing academy down the road a ways that has women’s night once a week, so that the women can face off against people of their own size and builds. They seem to have a blast from the pictures I’ve seen. I get that’s not what you meant, but I figured I’d mention it

Nakarisaune wrote:

Hey, some girls like massive swords too!

Never said you didn’t

Kerlodia wrote:

I CARRY AROUND A SNIPER RIFLE!

*pure American spirit intensifies*

Auphelia wrote:

Say, Quiescent, what are your opinions on this recent matter?

You seem to have been just staring into space for the past hour, rubbing the same spot on your pillow with stain remover.

*scrubs*

I think in a perfect world men and women would be equally free to objectify each other and we would all have enough economic security to choose the industry we would most like to work in, whether that be sex work or something else.

We are very far from that, so it is only sensible that we face the reality of unequal power distribution between the genders. I doubt inequality can be legislated away, but it is a tool to use while we very slowly work to change the social dynamic.

We also should take care when we talk about "men" and "patriarchy" to note that it is more about the value society places on masculine attributes than about individual men. Display of the attributes is usually rewarded and the gender that more easily conforms to these hyper masculine expectations reaps the greatest rewards. Men that fail to exhibit these traits can suffer consequences, and smashing or remolding the current social standards will also benefit them.