domination

Domination does not have to be defined by malice or ill will... Oppression can come from a place of good intentions. A father can teach his son to distance himself from femininity in order to protect him from harm, to protect his manhood. A teacher can assert their knowledge and reality over her students, effectively erasing their own reality. A woman can tell a girl her femininity is what matters in order to secure a place in the world. Domination's oppressive function arises out of a need to control, a need to assert one's reality over another... And this need can come from a need to protect, to teach others the ways of patriarchal heritage.