Reply #95: That's a very narrow, limited understanding. [View All]

Government is created by power. Power is usually held by a narrow subculture at the top. So A culture might create government, but not the general culture of the general public. Government is enforced down upon most people without their consent.

As for women teaching conformity, the people at the bottom of the pile are always limited in what they have the knowledge, the training, the support and the power to teach or do. Of course the people who are most oppressed teach traditions that perpetuate oppression. They're not allowed to teach anything else.

I wouldn't blame women for that any more than I'd blame slaves in the 17th century for teaching meekness and obedience. One of the primary ways that dominant groups perpetuate their power is by forcing the subservient group to learn and teach subservience. You might not have received the memo, but Blaming The Victim is Bad.