Heterosexuality: oppression or happiness

“Patriarchy is at its most potent when oppression doesn’t feel like oppression, or when it is packaged in terms of biology, religion or basic social needs like security comfort, acceptance and success.”

NBC News recently published an insane opinion piece by Marcie Bianco claiming that the divorce of a celebrity is a “blow to the patriarchy.”

It’s insane because Ms. Bianco expands her thesis to advocate the false premise that Miley Cyrus’ divorce and the unusual lifestyle choices of a very few other celebrity women prove that *heterosexuality* is failing.

Ms. Bianco asserts that heterosexuality – which is the norm for all but a small percentage of the world’s population – is the source of men’s domination over women. According to her, “the patriarchy” is the cause, beneficiary, and result of heterosexuality, allowing men to dominate women and avoid responsibility and consequences for their actions.

But there’s factual evidence that men do take responsibility for and live with the consequences of their actions. For instance, census data shows that a majority of children in the US live with both biological parents who are married to each other. These fathers (and mothers) are responsible and literally live with “consequences.”

No, the cause, beneficiary, and result are increased cohabitation without marriage, divorce, elective abortion and single motherhood. (See link above)

As these have become socially acceptable – and rants like Ms. Bianco’s are published – it’s possible that more and more men are *learning* not to see any benefit from taking responsibility or living with the consequences of sex or even any sort of commitment.