Orthogonal to this but currently formulating a theory that much of the genderslop discourse is downstream of the fact that people do not have enough cross-sex freindships.
For decades, the suicide rate for boys has been higher, usually much higher, than the suicide rate for girls. Not anymore, at least for 10- to 14-year-olds in 2024. Why? Not sure. The question is: What got better for boys but worse for girls post-pandemic?
Douthat being able to get those answers out of Trump is a testimony to why true intellectual diversity is needed in mainstream media. He was able to ask the religion question in a way that was sincere and open, while extremely cunning, only because he is a believer and conservative
Women's quest for romantic love is a widely under-rated first move in the rejection of patriarchy.
While studies often track labor force participation, gender wage gaps, or political representation, I would suggest that cultural shifts in favour of romantic love can be even more transformative.
It is her refusal to be treated as a low-status servant, who merely spreads her legs, serves and obeys.
Instead, she is seeking a man who cherishes her as an individual person, seeks her company, and wants to support her so that she can be happy.
From a global historical perspective, it is truly radical.
In the Egyptian film, "Open Door", Layla receives a later from her lover, "I love you and I want you to love me, but I don't want you to lose your identity in mine or in anyone else's. I don't want you to derive your self-confidence and confidence in life from me or anyone else. I want you to have your own independent identity, and confidence that comes from within, not from others."
Jaw-dropping piece from a great reporter about a congressional candidate who has managed to keep his Islamist radicalism on the down low. Read it and learn.
A one-time acolyte to the Sheikh Abdul-Rahman, a traveler among jihadis, Democrat Adam Hamawy is about to get elected to Congress. Was he merely curious and hapless? Did he harbor jihadi beliefs now renounced? He provides little to no real explanation: https://t.co/oKlLhaAcaJ