08-09-2016, 12:14 PM
(08-09-2016, 12:03 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Yes, it is patriarchal. To assume the father has to be responsible is making the assumption that the mother cannot manage it on her own. It is a patriarchal assumption.
Patriarchal refers to giving men superior power. Allowing a man to abandon his children and placing all of the burden on women is the most patriarchal thing that a society could possibly do.
Holding BOTH parents equally responsible does not elevate either above the other. There is nothing patriarchal about that. In fact it forces the mother to be financially responsible if the father is the custodial parent.
How could anything that treats men and women equally be called patriarchal?
