It's time to end the patriarchy

My great grandmother was married at 10, she couldn't read or write as it was seen as "manly" in her culture to be literate. She moved to America and not one of her 9 children went to school. Ultimately she didn't get to read or write. She got to see two of her children graduate college and one of her grandkids get a PhD. <br><br>My mother was born in the 60s and grew up in a house where she was treated like less than her two brothers. She was a child bride, still in college when she married. She eventually had three kids. She went back to school after having me and got a degree. She learned to read when she was 6 and took advantage of it. <br><br>I was born in the 80s and while I lived in a patriarchal society, I was treated like everyone else. Both my parents were educated. I watched shit happen, like boys not being allowed to say "thank you" because men don't say thank you. Like, what? My parents just rolled their eyes and said "stupid". <br><br>But I will say that having my "hysteria" dismissed as a teenager, time after time, made me feel subhuman. I will not miss that. <br><br>My daughter was born in 2019 and she has a very different story. She has two moms and one of us is a strong feminist. She has never been treated like less than. She has a dad but he does not live with us. <br><br>I am feeling hopeful today. I am feeling hopeful that my daughters generation will end the patriarchy. I want to end it in a bloodless coup. I want to make sure my daughter has a good life.