Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
Hanna RosinWhen women gain access to higher education and then suddenly start doing better at it than the men, that can really throw the prevailing social order out of balance. That's exactly what's happened in South Korea, which is a highly patriarchal society. They started educating women, and then they were no longer the women that society wants them to be. That caused a real cultural crisis.
Hanna RosinBreast-feeding does not belong in the realm of facts and hard numbers; it is much too intimate and elemental.
Hanna RosinThe general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.
Hanna RosinIf you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.
Hanna RosinEvery congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.
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