People always talk about importance of patriarchy for social replication of capitalism, about how capitalism is always going to buck against any attempts at social progress. But I dunno, neoliberalism has been pretty effective at integrating some forms of feminism and gay rights into its polite society, so I feel at some point a lot of bigotry isn't so much material relations, but just a thing of habit...
So I guess my question is, what exactly are those material conditions and why are they making people reactionary on social issues?
The demands on worker's time make it so that they aspire to alleviate these personal pressures. Rather than organize with their comrades for better conditions for all, most men find it easier to subjugate a house-woman to take care of the basic work of social reproduction (cooking, cleaning, washing), and that comes with a whole superstructure.