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Patriarchy doesn't only hurt women it hurts men too. It doesn't allow men to be their true selves and express any emotion other than anger. Listen to find out how men can help themselves and women as well.

Women have to be responsible for men's emotions.

Men are resentful of the fact women are getting a benefit of time off work and travel expenses for a need to travel out of state from those with abortion bans.

Women being paid the same for more work. Is this progress?

The most glaring and obvious examples of living in a patriarchy.

Girls are valued on how they look while boys can do whatever they want!

Board certifications for OBGYN's will be taking place in Texas. Women doctors are being forced to put their lives on the line.

Matt, the co-founder of ProudMouth, an influence accelerator company, joins me for a conversation about men's attitude toward the patriarchy.

When the roles are reversed men try to take over and take control. That is not what women are trying to do.

How men attempt to control independent women and put them in their place.

How girls are set up to be a wife and mother from the time they are little girls. How boys are taught they aren't responsible for their own behavior.

Florida bill signed into law to get rid of permanent alimony. What this means for women.

Little girls are being trained from very early to conform to the patriarchy. Find out how.

Medical studies and drug trials have mostly been based on men and the outcomes they have experienced. Women often get told by doctors all their "numbers" are in normal range when you know something is off. How women haven't been considered when it comes to a comfortable life.

A real life example of boy students being treated differently/better than girl students.

The dangers and stress of teaching women they need to adjust themselves in order to feel safe in the world.

Recover from the emotional labor you put in all week.

All of the things that women supposedly owe men. What the truth really is and how times have changed. Men need to keep up with the times instead of taking us back.

The evolution of 'The Hopefulist' podcast and why I have made the changes I have. Becoming the real, authentic version of myself has been the thing that has made me happiest.

How the use of certain words makes the victim sound like the perpetrator. Why do we say a child has a single mother instead of saying they have an absentee father? Tune in for more of the conversation.

How boys are made fun of for acting like a girl. Throw like a girl, cry like a girl, run like a girl. That disdain doesn't just one day go away. It's something that women deal with for the rest of our lives.

How to make sure the holidays celebrating you truly do that and don't create more work for you. How the patriarchy has skewed our life view.

How aging is judged in the patriarchal society. How we judge ourselves and other women for aging in this country.

Instead of letting obstacles tear you down use them to build you up! They are intended to make you stronger.

Why we think we can't prioritize ourself, speak kindly of ourself and to never make a scene. Visit Hopefulist.com