The message of the patriarchy movement to women boils down to "don't feel, don't think, don't talk" ... which ultimately leads to don't be. You lose your authentic self and nothing must interfere with your programming as you fulfil your roles and rules like you're meant to.
This article, "The Problem with Men Explaining Things" (about "mansplaining") gives some background to the self-doubt and self-silencing many women struggle with - even women like the author, brought up with affirmation and encouragement to validate her own thoughts and perspective and to assert her own voice confidently.
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I remember that so much. So often, I went to church, left church and never said a word. Did everything I was epxected to do, listened to all these men talking on and on and on and on and listend to all the "older women" lecturing the "younger women" on how to Titus 2 and I would smile and sometimes the whole day would be gone and my ears wre ringing with all these opinions and voices and I hadn't said hardly a word. To this day, when I go quiet, my husband gets concerned. I sometimes have to tell him, hey it's OK I just don't have anything to talk about right now. I remember when I first starting THINKING my own opinions. It was terrifying! Then I starte dthinking out loud. I think it hard to understand how incredibly suppressing this doctrine can be (especially to women) and how you just don't have a voice. Now you can't shut me up ha ha.
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