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No, the UN Didn’t Blame COVID-19 on the Patriarchy

Layne RadlauerLayne Radlauer
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12th September 2020
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10:46 pm
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No, the UN Didn’t Blame COVID-19 on the Patriarchy
Many misinterpreted the meaning of the tweet (Getty Images).

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On September 6, 2020, the UN’s Twitter account posted a tweet stating that coronavirus has revealed that millennia of male-dominated culture Is destructive.

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Users on social media soon began claiming that the UN blamed the pandemic on the patriarchy.

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