Will do on tagging you, but the necessity of patriarchy for "civilization" is yet another misconception (and a way for patriarchy to try to justify itself). We already had cities, boats, language, music, the wheel, weaving, art, doctors, judges, etc., etc., etc. before the onset of patriarchy. We have no way to know how things might have evolved if things like slavery, gross wealth disparity, and intimidation-based systems of hierarchy had never taken hold. In fact, imagine how much further we could have gotten if women and non-dominant men had had equal opportunity to be recognized for their inventions and achievements?
Sure, we can appreciate all of the marvelous architecture, art, music, business, and legal achievements of the many men who brought them to life, but only when we also recognize the context that took place in — a world where women and non-dominant men had few opportunities and instead had extensive resistance to their abilities being fostered or even recognized. Essentially asking why slaves didn’t design and bankroll the building of more cathedrals is a clueless hypothesis, steeped in patriarchal privilege.
Go have a beer (invented by women, and kept cold in a device invented by Florence Parpart) and rethink this narrative, because it’s tired, silly, and completely unnecessary.
