Never assume that just because a woman is in a position of power, that she is also mentally liberated and sympathetic to your plight as a woman. She might have been chosen for the sole purpose of acting as a figure head.
I have come across comments and posts by members of Christ Embassy where they were defending their GO, Pastor Oyakhilome, after the video of his telling women that they were not equal to men, and that instead they were afterthoughts that were placed on the Earth to serve the latter, as a servant would serve his or her master, surfaced. According to them, Pastor Chris is not a misogynist because women occupy positions of power in his church. As a matter of fact, most leaders are women. How naive. Have you ever considered that he chose those women because he knew that it would render them more complaisant, since they know that he doesn't have much regard for our sex?
During World War II, after the Germans decided that they were done with the Jews and wanted them to live separated from the Germans, they started by segregating them in ghettos and formed the Judenrant to keep these ghettos in check. The Judenrant served as intermediary between the Nazis and the segregated Jews. They were literally called "Jewish Council Of Elders". In exchange for their service they were given certain privileges, like food and water.
When the Nazis opted for the final solution and started deporting the Jews down to various concentration camps across Poland, once again they called upon the Jews to help them in their mission.
When the cargoes of Jews arrived at the camps, they were welcomed by an orchestra formed by Jewish violinists, trombonists, e.t.c.. This orchestra would continue to play for them as they were being led to the gas chamber by the Nazi soldiers.
When they arrived inside the crematorium, they were welcomed by another set of Jews, who told them that for the purpose of sanitation, that they had to have their hair shaved off and give up all their clothes. And because these instructions were coming from Jews who were alive and looked well fed, they had no reasons to ask questions. Once this operation was completed, this same set of Jews led the group to the gas chamber, but told them instead that they were showers.
"When you get in there, open your mouth and breathe in as much as possible. The water contains properties that act as disinfectant."
Once again, the group of Jews trusted them. They went into the chambers, opened their mouth and inhaled the gas which inevitable killed them in less than five minutes.
Then the living and well fed set of Jews carried the bodies to be cremated by another set of Jews.
Both set of Jews had a life span of three months. They lived in good accommodations, ate good meals and even had showers. All they had to do was reassure all the Jews that arrived to be massacred that everything would be all right. Then three months later, they were executed by a fire squad. Because three months was not enough time for them to plan an uprising, but they could do so, a day after those three months.
Many times the oppressor will choose a leader or leaders among the oppressed as to give the oppressed an illusion of hope and power. Also, the oppressor will appear less cruel, and instead he or she will pass off as benevolent.
"If you follow the rules, I will reward you, just like I have done with them. I'm not a bad guy. I'm just trying to make sure that everything works as it should."
Saying that Chris Oyakhilome is not a misogynist because he gives leadership to women is like saying that the Nazis were not mass murderers and war criminals since they treated some Jews like human beings, at least while they let them live. Or that slave owners were not monsters since they allowed some slaves to live inside their houses, wear nice clothes and even "have sex with them".
Whenever there is an oppressor and there is an oppressed, there is always a figure head acting as an intermediary. And the figure head is always chosen among the oppressed.
When a man stands in front of hundreds of people and communicates to the females among them that they are servants to their male counterparts, he is by all means a misogynist. He is just confiding in the fact that his occasional benevolence will confuse his critiques.
