I am a millennial woman (or maybe a Xennial, the dates change based on the source), and I think this is mostly true of women who didn’t have a father in their household. The patriarchy BS is a much harder sell when girls have a good father figure at home. No one could have convinced me that my father wasn’t the protector and provider for our family. So if this man always has my best interests at heart, it makes no sense that all men worked in tandem to oppress women. Some assholes, absolutely. A cabal of systemic oppression, not so much.