This is a great piece - timely, well-researched and well thought-out. Speaking for myself, I am reasonably expert in one gender, a perennial student of the other, and when it comes to new "genders" being rolled out, I embrace those changes by covering my head and rolling up into a ball, sucking my thumb and rocking if the opportunity presents itself.
Ayaan lays out so much information that it becomes easy to reach conclusions about the political gender gap. My own take is that some of this is innate - I do agree women are naturally more empathetic than men are. I also believe social media plays a role, especially with younger people, who increasingly descend (it IS a descent-) into their own echo chambers of like-minded individuals for their news and sources of opinion. Some reflects the unusual political hostility of current times, for which Trump has been nothing if not a lightning rod. But I think the overriding causative factor is the exaltation of women in society over the last couple of generations, particularly in academia, and the relative disdain shown towards all things masculine as expressed by our cultural shamans.
More respect and opportunity for women was overdue and I applaud that, but it was done in a way that pushed men down rather than just lifting women up. At the end of the day, it devolved into a culture wide brainwash that - unnecessarily - pitted women against men. The bill for this mismanagement of what could have been a very constructive evolution is now coming due.
It’s the feminisation of everything. Women don’t value the wonderful traits of being protected and cared for as happened in the past. So men feel redundant and useless. Lots of young women today are very unattractive in the way they relate and interact. I as an older woman am more scared of a group of young women than men. The young women are abrasive and rude. The young men are awkward.
I have always detested working for women and being directed by women and resent that I had to work instead of being able to stay home when my children were growing up. Governments and education have made life for men more difficult. The presumption of innocence is disappearing especially with regards to sexual allegations. Girls put themselves in dangerous situations and then wonder why bad things happen.
Fatherless ness is also to blame. Women have been told they don’t need men and have children without regard for the need further the child to be a normal married family with a father and mother.
I was blocked from "liking" your post for some reason, but I agree. For some, children have become a sort of accessory, with little thought given to the massive amount of love, guidance, discipline and support needed. I don't think they need to be of the same sex, but I do think it takes two to give a child all they need to become a healthy, loving, productive and engaged human being.
Back in the day,, women looked to husbands to protect them. Today they look to government to protect them..
And governments do such a bad job of it.
This is a great piece - timely, well-researched and well thought-out. Speaking for myself, I am reasonably expert in one gender, a perennial student of the other, and when it comes to new "genders" being rolled out, I embrace those changes by covering my head and rolling up into a ball, sucking my thumb and rocking if the opportunity presents itself.
Ayaan lays out so much information that it becomes easy to reach conclusions about the political gender gap. My own take is that some of this is innate - I do agree women are naturally more empathetic than men are. I also believe social media plays a role, especially with younger people, who increasingly descend (it IS a descent-) into their own echo chambers of like-minded individuals for their news and sources of opinion. Some reflects the unusual political hostility of current times, for which Trump has been nothing if not a lightning rod. But I think the overriding causative factor is the exaltation of women in society over the last couple of generations, particularly in academia, and the relative disdain shown towards all things masculine as expressed by our cultural shamans.
More respect and opportunity for women was overdue and I applaud that, but it was done in a way that pushed men down rather than just lifting women up. At the end of the day, it devolved into a culture wide brainwash that - unnecessarily - pitted women against men. The bill for this mismanagement of what could have been a very constructive evolution is now coming due.
It’s the feminisation of everything. Women don’t value the wonderful traits of being protected and cared for as happened in the past. So men feel redundant and useless. Lots of young women today are very unattractive in the way they relate and interact. I as an older woman am more scared of a group of young women than men. The young women are abrasive and rude. The young men are awkward.
I have always detested working for women and being directed by women and resent that I had to work instead of being able to stay home when my children were growing up. Governments and education have made life for men more difficult. The presumption of innocence is disappearing especially with regards to sexual allegations. Girls put themselves in dangerous situations and then wonder why bad things happen.
Fatherless ness is also to blame. Women have been told they don’t need men and have children without regard for the need further the child to be a normal married family with a father and mother.
I was blocked from "liking" your post for some reason, but I agree. For some, children have become a sort of accessory, with little thought given to the massive amount of love, guidance, discipline and support needed. I don't think they need to be of the same sex, but I do think it takes two to give a child all they need to become a healthy, loving, productive and engaged human being.
Truly an excellent article. Objective. Insightful.
Excellent piece (as usual) and excellent commentary. Thank you.
"Male infant genital mutilation is legally permitted"?? Where?