"The patriarchy is the enemy, but this is not the same thing as saying that men are the enemy."
I think that this is one of the things that is so misunderstood. I was thinking about some of the other threads that accuse some feminists of extremism and hating men. Although I don't completely agree with Dworkin and some others called "extreme man haters", I think that it is important that they criticized Patriarchy to the extent that they did just as I think that it is important that Marx and other Marxists have criticized Capitalism to the extent that they did even though I don't completely agree with them. When Kyriarchy has been held sacred for so long, practical, polite solutions are either ignored or seen as the most that we ever want to achieve. The problem is that men seem to get offended when Patriarchy just as some business owners seem to get offended when Capitalism is criticized.
As a Christian, I used to be offended when atheists criticizing religion. I have come to realize that, for the most part, what they are attacking is the privleged role of organized religion, especially Christianity, in U.S. society and government rather than what any individual may believe. I suppose that is part of Kyriarchy too.
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