Srinagar, April 10 -- Just like the Epstein files and other scandals that expose systems we once thought were untouchable, I sometimes wonder if patriarchy will one day be next. Not the shallow version people imagine - the "I am a man so I am better than a woman" type - but the deeper, quieter patriarchy that exists between men themselves. A system where different social "classes of men" are created, where hierarchies are formed, and where roles are silently assigned.

When we talk about patriarchy, we often imagine men standing above women. But there is another dimension to it: men constantly standing above and below other men. In that structure, somebody always has to be at the top, somebody has to set the standard, and somebody has to ...