Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Sheep Get Sheared podcast. I'm your host, Austin Creed, and today we're talking about the patriarchy. Ohh yes, the P word. You know the word you hear from the feminists. The male rights activists everybody seems to have an opinion on the patriarchy. Now I want to make one thing perfectly clear. I'm not here to tell you what you should. Or should not think about the patriarchy, in fact. The patriarchy itself has nothing to do with what most people think it does. They merely talk about the consequences, and I would like to remind everybody that into each breach, some rain must fall. What I mean by that is, like every other system on the planet, there is problems, and those problems are going to be exploited. Because there is no perfect solution to any aspect of human life now. That being said, I don't want it to seem like I'm whitewashing or getting rid of any accountability. That needs to be taken. Are there some aspects of the patriarchy that needs improvement? Absolutely there is. Does that mean, though, that we need to throw the proverbial baby out with the bath water? Does that mean that we need to live in the post 1960s reality of feminism and first, second, third, 4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th wave? I don't think so. But I'm going to try and I believe me when I tell you I'm going to try to stay as neutral as possible and so we can have this conversation from both sides of the aisle about the dangers of the patriarchy and the advantages of the patriarchy. So without further ado, I think it would be smart for us to address how the women in the audience might think of the patriarchy. So what we're gonna do is we're gonna really dive into what the women might have to say about the patriarchy. Ladies, if you're watching the show, you are more welcome to leave your thoughts in the comments section. I invite you to do so, but in the meantime, we're going to look at. 

So Patrick? 

This video time. And obviously this is going to be from the female perspective because it is a woman and. I will comment on people's appearances not because I want to make fun of them, but because they put themselves on the Internet and just as people could criticize me, I'm going to criticize them. I always find it interesting just right out the gate before we hop in this video. What is it with the people who just left gender studies class? Who? How the the bull knows ring in their nose. Can you explain to me why it's always these type of people who want to bring forth this type of content? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe I'm just picking up on let's, let's look at this, shall we? 

So the patriarchy is like a man having his boot on a woman. 'S neck. Feminism is women asking that the boot be removed. Men's rights activists think that having to take their boot off a woman's neck is some sort of reverse oppression. Conservatives figure that there was never a problem with the boot being on the neck until the woman started complaining about it, and if everybody would just shut the **** **, things would be fine. Good guys, take any complaint about the boot as a personal attack because not all men wear boots. Male allies try to discuss the issue in a way without alienating the boot women with internalized misogyny. Don't know why these other women are complaining about the boot on their neck. They love having the boot on their neck and there's something wrong with the women who complain. Meanwhile, the boots stays on the ******* neck. 

Ohh no. 

Ohh hell no. Oh my God. You lied to me. 

Alright, we're gonna break this down piece by agonizing piece because. I can't help but notice a central theme to this, as in anybody who disagrees with me is the problem. Any, whether it's men, other women, you're just wrong in plain English. In other words, if you don't agree with what I say, if I say there's a boot and there's a book, and if you say anything the contrary, I'm going to categorize you. And not only am I going to categorize you, I'm going to condemn you. I'm going to be the judge, jury, executioner, and then I'm going to close the subject, and I'm going to go home and I'm going to say. Yep, I did. The world of Service today. All right, let's really break this down. We'll see how much of it I can stomach because this. This is rough. This is a really rough start. I don't think it's going to be this serious right out the gate. I don't always watch these things all the way through because I want to give a a live reaction, but this is something else. Alright. Alright. Alright. Well, let's, let's revisit this right now. Let's revisit this. 

So the patriarchy is like a man having his boot on a woman's neck. Feminism is women asking that the boot be. 

Removed. First of all, we're going to stop. Right. There, first of all, the boot on the neck. Really, we're going to go with that analogy. You see, I find it rather amusing when women. Want to say? That, oh, men are so evil. They'll trust me if they're white. They're especially oppressive towards me, first of all. Are we going to pretend like women are helpless victims? How is it feministic of you to say that? You need liberation and you're gonna ask these so-called oppressor to remove that. First of all, where did you get that idea from? Do you know where you got that idea from? I know where you got it from. I've referenced this multiple times on this show. It came from Frederick Angles and Paul Marx, who popularized the idea that just as the rich were the bourgeoisie and the working class were the proletariat on a socioeconomic level on a personal level. The man was the bourgeoisie and the women and children were the proletariat and plain English. What he's talking about. Is the women were oppressed by the by the oppressive men who had property, and therefore because they had property and money that they were inherently oppressive. Ignoring the fact they were paying for everything, ignoring the fact they had to oftentimes put themselves in very much physical and financial danger to support the people they were supposedly oppressing. But we're gonna again address this topic because look. I'm not saying that every man is good. Most people in general men are people and women are people. Most people are not good people. Most people get what they can and they give nothing back. That's just the inherent nature of life. And like I said, into each breach, some rain must fall. But let's entertain the notion, and let's let her keep going. 

Men's rights activists think that having to take their boot off a woman's neck is some sort of reverse oppression. 

So in other words, if I call you out on the fact that women have always had power over men that they know they have power over men and we see it in this hyper sexualized culture where women get attention, money, time, energy from men for nothing, then I am the bad guy. Not them for abusing their power, but me for pointing out that they're abusing their power. So I'm not here to cast stones. But let's be clear. Do men have power? Yeah, we're the ones who created most of the technology. If we want to put people in these groups, which is entirely unhelpful. But for the sake of this discussion, I will play along with this men's right activist. In other words, if I say, hey, guys, the divorce rates really bad. Hey, guys, divorce laws are really sucky. Towards men. Hey, guys, the family court treats men like slaves. Hey guys. We don't want some actual equality, not just this illusion of equality that you put forward that only invent that only gives you an advantage and not me. That is oppressive. That in other words, me pointing out where you win is bad. But if I want to defend my position. And you call me out, then I'm the problem. Ah, OK. Thank you for cleaning that up. 

Conservatives figure that there was never a problem with the boot being on the neck until the woman started complaining about it, and if everybody would just shut the **** **, things would be fine. 

Again, this idea of the boot is extremely disingenuous. Because we're assuming that a every man is an oppressor and B every woman is being oppressed. When in fact when you look at the first world countries of the day, you find that the opposite is true, it is the men who want relationships and the women who are exploiting these men's sexual orientations, exploiting their financial. Gains and exploiting their ability to produce children and using that against them in the family court, using that against them in the Court of public opinion and using it against them in every way possible and basically of the bottom line, they are extortionists. Apparently me because I have a penis. I am the oppressor. Alright, we'll retain the notion for the sake of discussion. 

Good guys, take any complaint about the boot as a personal attack because not all men wear boots. This is getting weird. Male allies try to discuss the issue in a way without alienating the boot. 

Oh, in other words, the guys who want to help you are also part of the problem. In other words, the mess. So in other words, you can need to be a toxic man and support this book analogies he's talking about or you can be someone who supports her, but you're still part of the problem. So in other words, men are the problem, and if men were just gone, you would live in this perfect Amazonian society without men. Well, you know, the problem with the Amazon example that I see is #1 the Amazonians. Were they committed SA against men to produce children in ancient Greek. Lore, but of course no one wants to do that kind of research. Oh, oh, yeah. You thought that it was only men who could commit crimes like that. Ohh, no. Oh, no. In fact, that's actually what Amazon did, according to the traditional Greek interpretation, that women are more than happy to ascribe to them as a type of empowerment, when in fact they're simply embodying all the worst aspects of masculinity that they're attracted to. And they hate themselves or being attracted to it. Let's keep going. 

Women with internalized misogyny don't know why these other women are complaining about the boot on their neck. They love having the boot on their neck, and there's something wrong with the women who complain. 

Oh, in other words, if you're a woman and you don't agree with this woman, you're also part of the problem. You're not part of the problem. Besides you, because you basically just described all of all of the men on the planet, all the women who are somewhat traditional and don't have the minds of 1960s and forward. Who's left? Just you and your cabal of. Of cackling witches. Is that the only people that are left? So in other words, unless you 100% agree with this woman, you are the problem. Ohh, cause that's historically worked out great. Let me ask you something. So in another words, you're saying and I hope I'm not misquoting here. I mean, call me out if you think I'm being foul here. But for some reason I seem to recall multiple people saying if you're not with us, you're against us. Those with us most fight the people against us, and in doing so we will achieve true equality, true greatness. And it's at the expense of the people who are gonna scapegoat and make them the problem. And we want them punished, huh. Interesting. I seem to recall a certain short man with a weird mustache from Austria using that same argument. Ohh you know what? Go ahead. Call me whatever you want. I'm just saying. Oh, you wasn't alone either. By the way, a lot of people use this argument historically, not great. 

Meanwhile, the boot stays on the ******* neck. 

Oh, in other words. So what? What would the what would the solution be? Ma'am, if you have a solution, what's the solution? Women run everything. Women. Become in your mind equal to men, even though they already are. In fact, Socrates talked about this. Socrates is quoted as saying once made equal to men, women become woman becomes his superior. I'll repeat that occasion missed it, says Socrates once said, supposedly. Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. Let's read what this article has to say about Socrates once it says OK in the realm of philosophy, few thinkers have resonated as deeply and provocatively as Socrates. Known for his. This is me reading, known for his incisive questions and receiving insights. Socrates is left behind a legacy of thought provoked. Words that continue to challenge and inspire. One such quote that has gone through much attention in debate is his assertion that once may equal to man, women becomes his superior. At first glance. They argue, this quote may appear puzzling or even contradictory. I don't understand what they're talking about, but we'll continue. Seemingly contradicting the very notion of equality. However, upon further analysis, Socrates reveals a profound truth about the dynamics of power and relationships between men and women. In the context of ancient Athens, where Socrates lived and philosophy. Velocify as Jesus. Why would you put this word in here just to trip us up? Women were regulated to subservient roles and. OK, OK, I see what he's saying here. Ohh boy. This is so disingenuous in the broader sense this quote speaks to the transformative power of equality. Any context urging us to recognize that when all individuals are given equal rights and opportunities, they can rise above social expectations and demonstrate remarkable capabilities. This idea suggests that true equality does not stem from simple leveling the playing field and treating people the same, but rather from recognizing and embracing the inherent differences and unique strengths that individuals bring to the table. This sounds like a bunch of. Hippie dippy garbage. And in light of this concept, Socrates states. Statement takes on a new depth by suggesting that women become superior to men when they achieve equality. He may be highlighting the innate qualities that women possess, such as empathy, intuition and emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence. Most women are not emotionally intelligent. They're emotionally in tune. That doesn't make them emotionally intelligent, which are often undervalued in a patriarchal society. Through rational through rational equality, men and women are can't come together to contemplate one another, fostering A harmonious balance that promotes individual growth and collective progress. I'm going to cut through. I'm going to stop it right there. First of all, that is not what he was. OK. Saying in my reading of what he said he was saying the following. He was saying. That women. Have power over men. And for those of you who maybe have no idea what life was like before the invention of modern technological comforts. And polite society. There was a time, believe it or not, in human history where men slaughtered each other in large numbers, which we still see today. But it was everywhere. Or not just small pockets of the world. Now when you take into account the fact that most people didn't live past the age of 30, you also come to realize that with the life expectancy being low, no access to modern farming equipment, hunter gathering 15,000 years ago, you realize that. Women were seen as a resource because without women they couldn't reproduce. They couldn't have more people to then increase their tribe and therefore their chances of survival. So this idea of equality was already kind of present because the men saw the value that women provide. And when I said that woman was a resource, I'm not saying she was the equivalent of a hand shovel or a doorknob. I mean, on the equivalent of the gold, the silver and the cattle that they used to. They were essential to survival. The idea of being compared to cattle was not to demean them. Without them they would die. That was what they were saying. But of course, like I said before and to each breach, some rain must fall. And then when you take into account the modern day interpretations of the ancient ways of the human existence, you realize that people can make anybody look bad as words, change their meanings, change with them. And so when you take into account the fact that equality meant they brought equal value. To society, that's always been the case. Men have always seen women as valuable. Because without them, the human species would not exist. But yet women want to be women want all the rights that men have. They want all the advantages that men have, not rights. I hate that word. They want all the advantages that men have while also having the responsibility of women without those characteristics. That's called Cherry picking. But of course, that woman in the video we just watched says that that's a boot. The boot is not put on there by men the boot, if it exists at all, is put there by God. Not to keep them down, but to let them know that just like men, they are limited with their abilities to. They're not a God. They don't have infinite possibilities and infinite ability to do the things they want to do most men. They are invisible to most women, so even when women talk about men, they're not talking about the guy who worked on nine to five job. At the medium level of the company, they're not talking about the guy who delivers pizza. They're not talking about the guy who is working at the average corporation in America or in the West. She's talking about guys like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, guys who make millions if not billions of dollars, the athletes. The entrepreneurs. That the inventors she's talking about them. She's not talking about the average guy. She doesn't even look at the average guy, the mechanic, the engineer, the plumber, the electrician. He is invisible, blue collar and below are invisible to most women because she has no interest in them. She does not see what he brings to society and that he himself is somewhat limited as well, and also would have a perial boot upon his neck just as the same woman back in the day wanted to be with the king or the local Lord. The women of today want to be with the people in power or the people. With resources. You see what I'm talking about here? Did I lose you? Do you understand my argument? She's not talking about the boot that's put on by the average man. The average man. She doesn't even see as he walks down the. Street. He's little more than a dog. The average woman is talking about the CEO. The entrepreneur, the athlete, the executive, that's who she's talking about. But they don't realize they had to earn that they didn't spontaneously earn everything because of their race or their gender, or their sexual orientation. They earned that through hard work, opportunity and luck, which is preparation meeting. Opportunity. You did. I make my point. OK, good. Now that I spent 10 minutes talking about that, let's move forward into the patriarchy discussion again and. You know, it's really interesting to me how much people want to ignore history and how much history is forgotten because it's either interpreted through the modern day lens or people does want to eschew it because it doesn't fit with their ideas. Case in point, this video right here. 

Trigger warnings for SA and mentions of rape. A big, very evident example of the ways in which patriarchy affects people in America. The reason which. We look at as a sexual assault. No matter how much we try to deny that it's victim blaming the fact that when women in America come forward by sexual assault. The questions that arise are about her actions as an individual shows that the greatest thing you can commit to under the patriarchy is to ruin a man's life. If you ruin a woman's life, it's much less of a problem. Why do I say this? Look at every Hollywood actor. Politician. Athlete billionaire and millionaire. The fact that it's become an expectation for sexual. Allegations to arise to the point in which, when sexual assault cases are built up against these powerful individuals, society goes well. He got famous, of course. They're gonna start coming up now, even though something like 60% of sexual assaults don't even get mentioned to the police. And even those that are recorded by the police, less than 2% are falsely like accusing a man. So in a modern world where we ignore statistics and treat the victim as if they're a perpetrator, as if a man's livelihood is repeatedly put above women's safety is a massive indicator of the way the patriarchy impacts people in America. 

That was painful. I had to bite my tongue literally to stop myself from talking, but. Now, I'm not going to hold back. We're going to go through it one more time. I know. I know we're gonna be tough. I'm going to have similar reactions to me, but we're going to do it anyways because even though I completely disagree with everything he just said, he has a right to his opinion. But he also has a right for me to call him out on his bull crap, so let's continue. With the show, let's go back to this one more time. 

Trigger warnings for SA and mentions of rape. A big, very evident example of the ways in which patriarchy affects people in America is the ways in which we look at as a sexual assault. No matter how much we try to deny that it's victim blaming the fact that when women in America come forward by sexual assault, the questions that arise are about her actions as an individual shows that the greatest thing you can commit to under the patriarchy is to ruin a man's life. 

The whole term of victim blaming is ridiculous. First of all, this idea of of victim being 100% a victim and the perpetrator being 100% guilty is false. What is not false, however, is we need to draw a distinction between someone who's being accused of a crime and someone who's been. Expected of a crime under the law in the United States of America, we have a presumption of innocence. However, with sex based crimes, we have the Court of public opinion who is all too willing to hold a French Revolution type trial where they immediately get walked down the gangplank and the guillotine is immediately. Dropped on them. This is the part of the problem. Number one, we're going to ignore the fact that most. Most most people contribute. Whether it's 10% or 100% contribute to what happens to them and it doesn't just happen immediately. Now am I dismissing people who have actually been victims of SA? No. No, I am not. What I am skeptical of is when I hear these stories of people who say the essays happen to them, and then they don't report it to the police. It then makes me wonder, wait a minute, why in the world would they do that? So in other. Words. You're saying that I'm the problem cause I'm asking a question but not them for letting somebody who is allegedly committing a a felony getting away with it. So in other words, you're letting a felon off the hook if he if he's convicted, you're letting a felon walk free. But I am the issue. And we're also going to pretend like we there are no false alligators out here. No one who makes false claims that are proven to be false later. Hello. There are very famous cases of this exact thing happening. Very famous cases, and we're also going to ignore the fact that a lot of the people who come out with these types of cases are broke and then that they get settled out of court because they know that no matter what happens, whether they are convicted, whether they're convicted or acquitted, that they've already lost in the court of public opinion because they were born with a penis. Are we going to ignore these very clear, very apparent facts of reality? Let's keep going. 

If you ruin a woman's life, it's much less of a problem. Why do I say this? Look at every Hollywood actor, politician, athlete. Billionaire and millionaire. The fact that it's become an expectation for sexual assault allegations to arise. To the point in which, when sexual assault cases are bought up against these powerful individuals, society goes well. You got famous, of course. They're gonna start coming up now. 

In other words, they're actually following the process of ohh. Why did this happen? Let's look into there's this thing called my friend. There's this thing called due process in this country. You have to give someone notice of a crime and then give them the opportunity to present a defense to that crime. We don't live in the Old West, where someone would literally just walk on the gangplank and get hung in. The public square. You see amount of time to be in favor of that without realizing that it was you. You look either black or Hispanic. I can't tell. But it doesn't matter because I I, my friend, did you not read a history book? Because it. Because people like you in the past who were falsely allegation against by white women and then were treated in the very way, you're saying that men should not be treated today, you're it was men who look like you, who were the prime suspects for these type of false alligators to come out of the swamp. But yeah, you're siding with the people who came out against you historically. Why is that? Why have you not read a history book, Sir? Have you not read a history book? How many times have we seen a white woman come up against a black man or Hispanic man with this type of false alligator garbage for it to be proven false? How many times have we seen this answer many, many times, but yet now we have people like this defending the very people who could false allegation them. Do I have sympathy for actual people who've been convicted? I mean, actual people who have been victims of this crime? Yes. Yes, I do. Problem is, there's so many false alligators out here, and I have known them both personally, and I've seen it in the press. I know people in my life who have literally taken self deleted themselves off of allegations. Like these describing thou were false and proven to be false and then. We assume that because he's the man, he's inherently the victim. He's inheriting the the perpetrator and the woman is always the victim. It's unbelievable to me that people get away with this type of logic. In today's world. 

Even though something like 60% of sexual assaults don't even get mentioned to the police. 

Which means that likely that didn't actually happen, because if it did then it would have gone reported to the police. And if it did happen and you didn't report to the police, now I have to wonder why you were shielding A felon from getting convicted. That's my next question. 

And even those that are recorded by the police, less than 2% are falsely like accusing a man. 

I would love to see those statistics because I can guarantee you that's false. 

So in a modern world where we ignore statistics and treat the victim as if they're a perpetrator, as if a man's livelihood is repeatedly put above, women's safety is a massive indicator of the way the patriarchy impacts people in America. 

First of all, it has nothing to do with protecting the patriarchy and everything and do with protecting the livelihoods of people whose lives are being destroyed by these false allegations that you say only make up 2% when in fact I guarantee you it's much higher than that. My friends, do you think I'm being fair or foul so far on this show? I'm very curious to know. Because this is a very serious topic. Like I said, into each breach, some rain must fall, but the patriarchy was not designed to keep women in check. It was meant to keep other men. Men in check. It has never been a man's job to keep a woman in check. Historically, before 1960, it was the women who kept other women in check. It was the women who knew that if they were Loose Women out here in the streets that they might seduce their husbands and their livelihood, where it might be. At risk. So it was them who decided, hey, we're not gonna be out here dressing all provocatively. We're gonna be the ones that take care and dress modestly. Take care of our communities, and make sure that our sons and husbands are not put at risk by these harlots. It was the women who did that. But no longer. Today, today the the women who would do that are now jealous of the younger women getting all the attention and are all too happy to act just like them. Like the women of Ancient Rome who, when they found out that the blonde women who were a blonde hair was a was a was synonymous with being a prostitute in ancient Rome. They didn't sort of dye their hair blonde, jealous of the attention that was given to the blonde prostitutes. With them, with them not realizing that there is a difference between a man's man's sexual preference and his mating and his reproductive. Big difference, but again, This is why the patriarchy was put in place was not to oppress women as they would like to believe, because not everything is about them. It was meant to keep men in check. That was what the patriarchy was for. It was to keep men in check. It was to prevent people from tearing society to pieces. It was meant to establish order and to prevent chaos. That was what the patriarchy was put in place to do. Problem is, like I said, into each breach, some rain must fall. And instead of saying all the good that has been done. They'd rather point out the 20% of bad and highlight that and not the 80% of good that has been done by the patriarchy. Ergo, metaphysically throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Well, my friends, what do you think? What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear them. Do you have any thoughts you can hit me up on X at sheep picture or you can go on over to Patreon page support over there, or you can go to the comments section. Ask me questions. In the comment section or you can hit me up on the DMS. You can ask me questions. I'm welcome to answer them. But just don't. Please don't come in there with your emotions. I don't have time to deal with emotional asks men or hurt women who don't understand history. My friends. Whatever you choose to do with this information we've talked about today, I would only encourage you to question everything, stay informed to stay vigilant, and hopefully use it to develop your own personal philosophy about a.