Jailbreak the Patriarchy

Genderswaps your view of the web.
What is Jailbreak the Patriarchy?
Jailbreak the Patriarchy is an innovative Chrome extension designed to challenge gender perspectives. Using a simple but effective method, this tool genderswaps any text seen in the Chrome browser. This involves switching traditional gendered pronouns and words, offering a revealing and thought-provoking insight into how our language shapes our understanding of gender. The extension can be easily toggled on and off, giving you the power to switch between regular views and the genderswapped perspective at will.

Extension stats

Users: 3,000+
Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2014-03-27)
Creation date: 2014-03-27
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 24.37K

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Extension summary

Jailbreak the Patriarchy genderswaps the world for you. When it's installed, everything you read in Chrome (except for gmail, so far) loads with pronouns and a reasonably thorough set of other gendered words swapped. For example: "he loved his mother very much" would read as "she loved her father very much", "the patriarchy also hurts men" would read as "the matriarchy also hurts women", that sort of thing.

This makes reading stuff on the internet a pretty fascinating and eye-opening experience, I must say. What would the world be like if we reversed the way we speak about women and men? Well, now you can find out!


Running this extension will not trap you outside the asylum. When you install Jailbreak the Patriarchy, you'll see that there's a new button in the top right corner of your browser. When you click that button, it basically toggles the patriarchy. If Jailbreak the Patriarchy is active when you click, it pauses the extension and reloads your current tab back into reality. If the extension is already paused when you click the button, it unpauses the extension and reloads your current tab back into genderswapped-land.

It's easy to tell when the extension is paused, because the button in the browser will get a big red OFF tag.

Just to be clear, only your current tab will reload automatically, but the pause/unpause is browser-wide and persists until you toggle the button again.

Enjoy!


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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well to change language gender references.
  • Provides a humorous perspective on texts.
  • Surprises users when it unexpectedly activates.
Cons
  • Contains bugs that fail to change certain words consistently.
  • Has potential privacy concerns regarding data collection.
  • Doesn't allow users to contribute or suggest changes.
Most mentioned
  • Has bugs not changing specific terms like 'huntsmen' or 'chick'.
  • Users request features for additional word changes and suggestions.
  • Concerns about data security and functionality.
Recent reviews
This is working great and really does open your eyes and make you think about your, and the article writers, perceptions. To the developers: Can you add the ability to swap races, religions, and political ideologies?
by Shawn Sharp, 2024-11-16

I'd love for this app to be able to let me add a contribution/suggestion to be reviewed. For example, I'm reading a text that uses "fraternal" a lot, and it doesn't convert that to sororal, nor does it let me send the suggestion to the developer. There's a lot of hive contribution that could clean this app up that it's missing because of this. That being said, it's a delight to read older texts with this app on.
by Asia Nelson, 2024-02-12

It still has a few bugs to iron out. The female dwarf in a story I was reading was still referred to as having a beard, and in two other stories I read, the "huntsmen" did not change to "huntswomen".
by Somto Erinne, 2023-03-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Jailbreak the Patriarchy requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Jailbreak the Patriarchy has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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