that sums it up: so long as people like Bondi and Noem are under the thumb of Trump, this will continue. For the last 12,000 yrs, after patriarchy replaced egalitarian nomadic communities, that has been the story. Your conclusion that this means women are never to blame in first person mislocates the focus from a system ruled by men (do you honestly deny that has been the case oveer 90% of the time?) to personal accountability. There have been powerful women such as Katherine the great and Margaret Thatcher but they are rare. Currently 167 countries are ruled by men, 27 by women.

Women leaders usually rule in a government dominated by men, for example: only about 25% of legislators in the world are women, 75% men. And for specifics:

Mexico: President Claudia Sheinbaum is female, but as of 2025, only about 36% of deputies in the Chamber of Deputies are women.

Iceland: Halla Tómasdóttir is president, yet the Althing still has a male majority (~55–60%).

Out of 200 nations, only two have a majority of women: Rwanda and Cuba (53%) in the legislative branch, which makes the laws, with 99% of the world's legislators dominated by men. The key feature of patriarchy is: "Male Leadership: Men occupy the majority of leadership positions in government, business, and religious institutions." That is indisputable.

So even in the less common times when a woman is the President, she must work with a government dominated by men. And since most governments are influenced by those with money, "Top positions in finance, business, and central banks are overwhelmingly male, even in female-led countries."

I think you have confused an analystical description of patriarchial rule as the norm with a condemnation of men. Most men don't rule, don't have power; like women, most men are victims of oligarchies most often dominated by men.