''In my opinion''

What is matriarchy? you may ask. Well I for one can tell you that I also had no idea that the term 'matriarchy' even exists. Matriarchy can be defined as a society or community, where females hold the positions of power and leadership. It is where women have the absolute authority. Society has been so wrapped up in the term 'patriarchy'  that it let people forget that the term 'matriarchy' also exists. If people are for the patriarchal system, what makes it so hard for society to accept living in a world where women are dominant. Why is patriarchy highly favoured than matriarchy? I believe that this goes back to the different cultural norms that teach men and women, at a very young age how they are expected to live their lives. Since the patriarchal  system is about males holding the majority power, and women being dependent on men- society including the media has decided to encourage a system that sees women as the weaker sex, reason being that many cultura...

When we hear the term 'gender based' violence, our minds instantly think of women. Why is that? Society has allowed people to believe that gender based violence only affects women and not men. Men are continuously seen as perpetrators, reason being that most gender based violence victims are women. It is no lie that one in three women, face violence or abuse in their everyday lives sometimes  by people they know. For instance a colleague, an acquaintance or even a family member. Domestic violence, sexual violence, intimate partner violence or any other abuse that aims to gain control over women is a form of gender based violence. But what about men? Why have we chosen to become ignorant about the fact that, both men and women can be perpetrators of gender-based violence? Why have we accepted that it is rare and unlikely for men to experience gender based violence?. There are many cases where men have suffered and experienced violence, but their stories tend to gain less po...