I was interested by something a female friend of mine (with whom I previously had an inimate relationship, but no-longer, if that matters) said. She said essentially that in modern systems of labour wise men often dwell at the supposed bottom of the system and people who need to feel powerful at the top. I don't think that's always so but it can be. What worries me is that often men look up to other men who dominate them, even though they don't enjoy that domination and it is often not in the interests of the collective. In a sense I believe Patriarchy is a pyramid scheme, where a few weak men used to being proved wrong on important issues support other weak men if they defer to them and allow them to keep down those who could truly help society more, doing a little good but preventing more good being done. Thus under Patriarchy the mediocre are worshipped for the little they do, and the great are usually lauded only after they cease to be a threat to the mediocrity in control. The idea of a pyramid does not imply that all beneath are fully capable but rather that a few keep down the many, within which are included a few that are truly great, which those above realise the greatness of, but are threatened by.