Wow you really jumped into this, I totally agree with you about the huge divide that has been driven between male and female, that this has been a huge weakness in itself. Most religion's are based around the masculine, and certainly where I grew up the catholic religion has a very aggressive and violent history. But even before Christianity came about there was a move to a more masculine ruling within the Celts and Vikings. In Ireland, religion definitely cemented the patriarchy. I believe balance is the only way we can heal and move forward. For me I see the move away from earth based spirituality, being told to look now to the sky's, to look out side ourselves for all the answers. When really each and everyone one of us hold the power and balance inside of us, we just lost the way in which we can tap into it. But it is coming back, the awakening is happening. '
Thanks so much for these questions, I feel like I could write another article just about Patriarchy, well another few, it really brought up so much that I could not cover in just one post.
Great post x