“THE MOON IS ALWAYS FEMALE” (Book of poetry by Marge Piercy) — PHOTO BY MARCUS DALL ON UNSPLASH

Patriarchy as a “natural” phenomenon required to reproduce the human race

ARGUMENTS FAVORING “PATRIARCHY” AS A “NATURAL” SOCIAL ARRANGEMENT OF POWER ARE AS BOGUS AS DONALD TRUMP’S “HAIR”

NOTE: this essay began as a response to:

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Georgia NeSmith

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Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.

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