Men aren't able to find jobs anymore, and they're withdrawing from society, essentially creating a matriarchy. For the upper social classes, marriage is still a successful model, but for poorer people it's not.

Every 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.

Men need marriage more than women do. In fact, they need it to survive.

I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.

One way the Tea Party has benefited female candidates - and the conservative movement generally - is by consciously steering clear of social issues.

Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.