Research and written by Ashley Soule Hipsky aka Design Your Soule: 

Systemic gender discrimination perpetuates gender inequality and violence against women — Females of all ages (citizens/non-citizens) are going forward to empowerment and justice. Raising the issue of dismantling the patriarchy system will cease the current nature of dehumanizing all people. The Fourteenth Amendment (Due Process and Equal Protection) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 will be utilized for supporting documents. Further explanation will be made within the context of our American Civil Rights as the Courts have the most impact. References will be made with historical content from Brown v BOE, the Montgomery Bus Boycott (non-violent protests), Jim Crow Laws, the patriarchy system, and touch base on vulnerability as well as a solution to learning to collaborate by raising our emotional vibrational frequencies by moving away from being unsafe and hatred to a much more powerful movement towards peace, kindness, and gratitude. 

The idiom “in the eyes of the law” has  the most impact within the court system. 

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without fair legal procedures. While the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states that no state shall deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, ensuring that individuals in similar situations are treated equally. Leading to females current and long overdue issues with systemic gender discrimination perpetuates gender inequality and violence against women — Females of all ages (citizens/non-citizens) are going forward to empowerment and justice! Gender inequality is discrimination and is fundamentally wrong — it is dehumanizing! Social or professional levels, the division is uncalled for and completely unethical; “We the People are all created Equal,”and we are all born with dignity! We are not demanding respect as respect is earned through one’s actions. Human dignity is the intrinsic worth that every individual deserves simply by being human. It is the foundation of human rights and serves as a gliding principle in forming equitable and inclusive societies. Women and girls were put on this Earth to exist – not to be second-class citizens/non-citizens (Griffiths, 2019). We deserve to be treated with respect and honor!

 Let’s put this in perspective of the patriarchy system with male domination for power and control obsessed that leads to anger, violence, shame, and soul destruction (Agnew, 2022). It harms both women and gender-expansive people who are oppressed by it, and the Men who lose themselves to it (Agnew, 2022). It is worth noting that in Western societies, it is predominately white men who are benefited by the patriarchy since men from minority ethnic backgrounds face their own oppression (Guy-Evans, 2024). This relates to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 beforehand where women were first not included based on Sex/Gender until the Congresswoman Martha Wright Griffiths advocated on the House floor to add “Sex” to the Title VII of the Act. Yet, her male colleagues laughed at her and she responded. “I presume that if there had been any necessity to point out that women were a second–class sex, the laughter would have proved it,” (Griffiths, 2019). In a patriarchal society, women are usually excluded from fully participating in political and economic life, instead restricted to the home where they raise their children (Guy-Evans, 2024). If women are undervalued and oppressed, they are likely to experience more exploitation and abuse from men (Guy-Evans, 2024). From personal research, I have noted that certain personality disorders will tend to Exploit others meaning they will utilize another person or group for selfish purposes. One example given, if they are admiring you then they consider you useful within their eyes/mind. The meaning of these so-called relationships are not based on Love and the one pursuing is basically putting on a performance to receive attention and get something out of you. Yet, when there is no more admiration then they view you as not useful, while it turned out to be a downright transactional experience or being used like a tool. Women can also face multiple types of oppression based on their race, social class, and sexuality, which intersects with sexism (Guy-Evans, 2024). Overall the patriarchy social system was designed by men to favor men. While social environments that allows sexual violence to be normalized and justified by the persistent gender inequalities and attitudes about gender and sexuality. Victim-blaming is one of the many aspects of rape culture, it is the way in which the perpetrators accountability is passed onto the victim — deeply rooted and situated to an oppressive system of patriarchy it allows the abuser an easy way out as well as discourages the victim from opening up or finding support. Rape culture includes, T.V., music, advertising, legal jargon, laws, words of imagery, jokes, that make sexual violence and coercion seem so normal that People believe that rape is inevitable. Simply when women and girls remain silent then oppression can continue.  Adding respectfully, All genders can experience unwanted/non-consensual sex and exploitation. By limiting opportunities, silencing voices, perpetuating violence, and stripping away autonomy, it's a call for change! Patriarchy and capitalists where females should not have to strive for an unrealistic beauty standard just to be heard and listened to, capping a “pretty privilege”. Females who do not live up to the femininity and beauty may face further hardships. What if we stripped everything down to what it is vs layering on all the jargon of what others see us for?  I think someone would see simply a human being who came into existence who wants to thrive in having experiences without limitations and strive to feel emotions — we are naturally curious, social beings, interconnected by nature, and our existence is being our authentic selves not made up by society's excessive opinions and approval. We are not looking to trade spots with thee men and have more unequal balance in the world. We are striving for gender equality where men will have to step down from their high horses and learn a new way to live life! Between the Civil Rights Act of 1964 desegregation is like how we the people must dismantle the patriarchy system. 

Going back into our history with the civil movements towards desegregation of our bus, education and public accommodations. Jim Crow laws kept colored folks in their own place (segregated) really showed how our country was very divided. The root problem of this whole thing is these low vibrational privileged white men tooting their own horns of power and control over others because it makes them feel superior keeping everyone else divided and unhappy while they are justified as they presumed themselves as the elite race. A rebellious time for a woman of color who decided to break the law by not giving up her seat to a white passenger did result in her getting arrested due to civil disobedience yet led to a great movement called the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks, a member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Martin Luther King Jr. of Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) partnered up with others by refusing to ride on segregated buses (Montgomery Bus Boycott - Civil Rights Digital Library, n.d.)! Looky here, on the day of Rosa Parks’ Trial, it started on December 05, 1955 and went on successfully for thirteen months which led to the U.S. Supreme Court from a lower court's decision by ruling the segregated system unconstitutional. To celebrate the boycott's victory, King and three ministerial colleagues boarded a city bus on December 21, 1956 only one day after Montgomery officials received the court order to desegregate the city's buses, and took their seats throughout the vehicle (Montgomery Bus Boycott - Civil Rights Digital Library, n.d.). Non-violent protests win out again! Another example of education and then race equality was with Brown v. Board of Education essentially “Separate but Equal" was a sham and therefore laws that impose them violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (Wikipedia, 2018).  A landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional (Wikipedia, 2018). 

 After much research and delving into our civil rights history I think I have noticed something that is key for all people to understand that we must raise our emotional vibrational frequencies. We must learn that self-care and being vulnerable-care is vital to our existence. An understanding that we have all experienced some sort of unfair treatment along the way and probably have grown a thicker skin yet all that undue stress stacking upon within us and on top of our own shoulders isn’t doing any of us any good! Not to be too cliche, we are here by existing and to learn along the way what we plan to create as we walk on this planet earth together. We the people are all created equal and I will provide a chart to show what resides in the low vibrational state and when we raise ourselves to high vibrational state then we can all experience bliss. We essentially become Whole! In the meantime, vulnerability is essentially for intimacy, trust, and emotional expression by being open for attack or damage and capable of being physically or emotionally wounded. Learn to not be so closed off from others as well as learn to be open with others and that’s the bonding of a real connection. A necessity to our human life.  

 

 

What if patriarchy ended tomorrow? We would wake up to an entire shift, an entirely new existence — A world without patriarchy is a world where everyone is free of their choice. These invisible chains would be all broken and we can really smile and jump for joy! Men can be allies in the fight against patriarchy by advocating for gender equality, challenging misogyny (is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls), and actively participating in the dismantling of patriarchal structures. Women would be in complete control of their bodies and reproductive choices and so much more! 

 

If race inequality could be dismantled then gender inequality is next up. Females deserve to be out from under someone’s thumb and to feel safe within their own bodies and environments. Hierarchies are antiquated and not healthy. Systemic gender discrimination perpetuates gender inequality and violence against women — Females of all ages (citizens/non-citizens) are going forward to empowerment and justice. Women have learned that oppression only continues if we play into the system, get stuck in fear and remain silent. Remember Rosa Parks she didn’t give into the system and when we stand our ground all within time what we envision will change to gain gender equality for once and for All. 

Work Cited: 

(Agnew, 2022)  

Agnew, P. (2022, February 21). Dismantling the Patriarchy Inside of Us - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly. Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/dismantling-the-patriarchy-inside-of-us/

Beeman, R. R., & Books, P. (2010). The Penguin guide to the United States Constitution : a fully annotated Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and Amendments, and selections from the Federalist Papers. Penguin Group.

(Griffiths, 2019)

Congresswoman Martha Wright Griffiths

The Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Women Who Helped Make It Happen. (2019, July 2). Gender on the Ballot. https://www.genderontheballot.org/the-civil-rights-act-of-1964/

 

(Guy-Evans, 2024).

Guy-Evans, O. (2024, February 13). Patriarchal Society According to Feminism. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/patriarchal-society-feminism-definition.html

(Montgomery Bus Boycott - Civil Rights Digital Library, n.d.)

Montgomery Bus Boycott - Civil Rights Digital Library. (n.d.). Crdl.usg.edu. https://crdl.usg.edu/events/montgomery_bus_boycott/

Wehle, K. (2019). How to read the Constitution and why. Harper, An Imprint Of Harpercollins Publishers.

(Wikipedia, 2018)

Wikipedia. (2018, December 5). Brown v. Board of Education. Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education

 

 

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