before the 21st century, as far back as historical records go, unless if you were a priestess or a nun, a widow or unusually financially independent, marriage was unavoidable for all women across EVERY SINGLE civilisation and time period

by the time the Agricultural Revolution occurred in 10,000 BCE, males had already introduced widespread rape and the institution of marriage — designed to control women and women’s reproduction, and to ensure that any land and property owned by males were transferred to their biological sons, and their biological sons only

ancient mesopotamia, ancient egypt, ancient greek, ancient rome — all had marriage, and all were deeply patriarchal societies (ancient egypt is often touted as the least patriarchal ancient civilisation, but it was still patriarchal)

if you are an unmarried woman today, who never plans to marry a man:

Bethesda just did a bunch of announcements on their future. This includes official announcements for an Obsidian Fallout game, confirmation of Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, confirmation they will still make Fallout 5, Fallout 76 will receive a Raven Rock expansion, and Starfield will receive a Starborn expansion. They also updated the sales figures for Skyrim and Fallout 4 to 65 and 35 million, respectively.

“oh awesome! What books do you read?”

Some unemployed guys created an anonymous account on insta where they literally just said the most vile things about these girls from the grade above mine, and the school administration didn't do jackshit. The same administration that cares so much about their image and would literally crucify a student for criticising them publicly or saying anything negative about the school online does nothing when male students go around sexualising female students on social media

These twelfth graders in my school literally made a list where they ranked girls and called them 'unrapeable' and these guys were completely protected by the schools vice principal who literally defended them. These 3 guys later went on to post a street interview where they called feminism retarded. They've left now, but the principal had a thing where she basically threatened all the students not to circulate that video

There are several instances where boys from my grade and the grade above have sexually assaulted or groped girls, and we have cameras and like a hundred eyewitnesses to corroborate it. The worst punishment these guys get is maybe a week of getting suspended and detention once. These guys who were caught vaping in the bathroom got expelled, which is insane. Literally molesting a girl is seen as a lesser crime than using a peach vape

Even during our history class, these males were discussing why there are no prominent women in my country's history. The obvious answer is that they were deprived of education, representation, freedom, liberty and suffrage. But these incels were openly speaking about how they believe women are bad leaders. And the teacher didn't even stop them

Everytime a teacher or principal lets a boy abuse, assault, insult, or degrade women, without holding him accountable at all, it sets a really shitty precedent that violence and hatred towards women is not just tolerable, but also normal. They're quite literally breeding a new generation of rapists and misogynists.

It pisses me off.

Bulbbul (2020)

Untangling the character- Binodini

Binodini in Bulbbul represents a woman who has accepted the shackles of patriarchy, conforming to her fate as the wife of a mentally challenged man, Mahendra. Although her marriage is devoid of love or emotional fulfilment, she accepts it because she is married into a zamindar family, which grants her social status and security. Unlike Bulbbul, who resists and seeks freedom, Binodini chooses submission, believing that her position as a zamindar's wife is her only path to survival.  She envies Bulbbul's independence, but her own compliance shows how patriarchy traps women in different ways—either by conforming for security or by resisting at great personal cost. Binodini’s character highlights the internalised oppression women face, often making them complicit in their own subjugation.

First, you're sad watching it because you know what happened to Bulbbul previously, then you get even sadder because you realise that Binodini has that speech rehearsed as she herself was told that by her parents when she was married to Mahendra, then sadness turns to biterness and anger when you realise that even though Binodini is a victim also, she choose to bow down to patriarchy and is taking her jealousy and anger on Bulbbul