Ignore the froth. This is the core of the gender wars.
Until we understand the nature of the gender war, coalitions to make reforms are impossible. Here is my attempt at a problem statement.
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A look at America’s future after marriage becomes rare
Summary: Future historians might see the revolution in gender roles as the significant event of our time (i.e., “other stuff also happened”). But we make little effort to see how this might play out. Here are some of my guesses, very different from the pretty stories in the news media. Women are delaying marriage to …
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The collapse of gender roles: an unseen revolution with unimaginable consequences
Summary: Here is another brief note looking at the revolutions of our time that are reshaping our world. This looks at gender roles, changes that will take generations to work out and with implications probably beyond imagining. Two of the utopian goals of the late 1960s are within reach, but their success is not fully …
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“Mockingjay” shows us a Revolution in Gender Roles. What’s the next revolution?
Summary: The previous post discussed violent revolution as a possible future for America, of the kind seen in “Mockingjay” (3rd film in The Hunger Games series). Today we we looks at a different aspect of The Hunger Games, social revolutions of the kind that have repeatedly reshaped America. Women using violence against men (for good …
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