Why are children still named after their fathers, even though women alone are able to pass on the mtDNA necessary for life to exist? (Not only is all mtDNA matrilineal, but women continue to do the majority of child care work, women take hits in their earning potential to raise children, and women ALONE are capable of carrying a pregnancy and giving birth, yet men are still given name credit -- as if they did anything comparable to what the woman did to create and nurture that child. Why?)
Why are women judged poorly for being sexual while men are lauded for precisely the same behavior?
Why do we still conceive of God as a male?
Why do we still think of women as the source of evil/sin/suffering?
Why do men have more free time than women worldwide? http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/0/5/9/0/p105901_index.html
Why do women continue to make less $$ though they work more hours than men?
Why are jobs that men cluster in valued more than jobs that women are clustered in? (Example: In India men work in textiles and crafts. Women are not allowed in these relatively high paying jobs because they are thought incapable, yet in China women are clustered in textile and crafts but are paid less and in that society those jobs are seen as low skilled. Same job, different gender, different value. Why?)
I could go on, but I'd actually like to hear your answers. If patriarchy does not exist, why does it certainly appear that patriarchy does exist?
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