Romantic Love is an Under-Rated Driver of Gender Equality

08/03/2024 27 min
Romantic Love is an Under-Rated Driver of Gender Equality

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Episode Synopsis

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