Romantic Love is an Under-Rated Driver of Gender Equality
Patriarchy is reinforced by fraternal solidarity.…
ROCKING OUR PRIORS · Dr Alice Evans
March 8, 202427m 51s
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Show Notes
Patriarchy is reinforced by fraternal solidarity. The Athenian demos, German guilds, Tswana kgotla, Chinese imperial dynasties, Muslim Brotherhood and Indian caste panchayats all reinforced male dominance. As long as men are united, bound in collective loyalty, women are secondary.
How might this change?
On International Women’s Day, I’d like to highlight a hugely important (but widely overlooked) driver of gender equality. In fact, this mechanism is so powerful that it is actively suppressed by many patriarchal societies.
ROMANTIC LOVE