THE ANGER GAP & THE FEMALE RAGE: A Feminist Issue.
📷: Saroyan Chemaly- The Rage Becomes Her (2018). "Patriarchy is a a system built on gender hierarchy. And a system built on hierarchy- means that anger would be directed at those below the ladder" As can be expected in a patriarchal society that is based on gender hierarchy, there is an anger gap between and women. Now I know the next question some will have in mind is- Do you now want women to be as angry or violent as men to balance out the equation??? Now, that is in fact a very good question! It reveals two things. First, we associate anger with violence which is understandable giving that we live in a patriarchal world that in fact views anger as violence and aggression. Secondly, you realise that there is a deep problem with the male anger and women's inclusion will only makes society worse off. Now, the third question is, what are we doing about the male anger/aggression? Are we as a society comfortable with it just because men are the overwhelming Perpetuators? T...