theyre exercises of patriarchal power which is an end in itself, *the* end, the raison detre of the whole system, satiating men's day to day lust for power over women means wise they also serve disciplinary, punitive, and corrective functions to reinforce, reinscribe, and reproduce the system

broadly construed, domestic and sexual violence are forms of policing every misogynist is a deputized gender cop whose job it is to surveil and enforce patriarchal norms, strictures, and mores at the intimate, interactive, and situational levels bsky.app/profile/butc...