The way that all forms of patriarchy are in collusion with each other is that, from what I've noticed and experienced, they all tend to deny females the right to make any firm claims about reality.
For women who live under a patriarchy, the ability to draw a line between what's real and what isn't is what patriarchy tried to take away from them. The limit of female freedom therefore tends to extend to permitting women to "decide" which male authority they choose to stand behind -- for males alone are allowed to differentiate what should be taken as reality from that which deemed to be false, fantastic, or unreal.
Women can try to take on this authority that patriarchy has appropriated for its own use, but they will be punished for sticking their necks out. The punishment is that they will be deemed to be false and fantastic in their thinking and unreal, themselves.
Watch out, women! Your eyes are not your own! The patriarch sayeth, "pluck them out!"
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This is very true.
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