“I’ve already stipulated to the fact that patriarchy harms them too, but on a societal level men are not being harmed to the same degree that women are”.

That is one hell of an assumption but it’s also why these discussions never go anywhere. I don’t know if this is what you meant, but it comes off as your a woman so you can speak for me or any man’s pain and meh to you it’s not that bad. I’d get upset at the notion but I've grown used it to coming from women. That was the dictation I was referring too.

I don’t blame the Patriarchy, for my pain I look at the people around me and the choices they’ve made. Fortunately, we live in a country where we can see things differently, and I’m aight with that.