Alice Evans defines patriarchy; Jean Twenge joins substack; Michael Bernstein offers more evidence of pure tribalism in politics; John Cochrane on bank regulators
I can answer this! OK, matrilineal societies were quite gender equal (though not perfectly). But they were incredibly fragile. Because descent is traced via the female line, men are not guarded, so they are free to roam. The position of junior men was also crap. They were under her parents' authority. Men didn't have rights over land or children. So whenever a country prospered and markets opened up, men would escape, seize jobs, and form their own nuclear families. Or they would raid other groups for slaves. Fact: no matrilineal society ever got rich (and stayed matrilineal). Also, there are some examples of non-path-dependence and regression, eg Egypt.
"It’s weird that our culture resists letting a 10-year-old walk to school by herself, but we’re fine with giving her a smart phone. I would be more optimistic about the future if it were the other way around." I liked that a lot.
Anyone who might think Britain is a patriarchal society, never met my grandma. “What is the risk in restricting social media among those (say) 15 and under? Pretty low. What is the risk in doing nothing as more kids become depressed and harm themselves? Very high.” Which highlights a commonplace failing nowadays, to mistake a symptom for its cause. We should be asking why children are so fragile that they cannot cope with social media. Or we could ask - please may we see the data and methodology to support this in times when every aspect of life is either medicalised or politicised or both, for somebody’s gain.
Re: Alice Evans, I know motivated reasoning when I see it because it regularly (always) starts from examples that show the desired outcome without ever demonstrating that those examples are relevant. Example: 75% of the Senate is male, and Senator is a prestige position. OK, well Gallup consistently polls the US public and congress has an approval rating of 20%, and its been under 40% since 2005. It's easy to pick out individual examples and just assert that they demonstrate patriarchy/matriarchy. How about Mother's day being recognized as an official holiday in 1914 while Father's day wasn't recognized until 1972? If I assume that federal recognition ties directly into the patriarchy/matriarchy divide then its obvious that women are held in higher esteem as a class than men. Its weak reasoning of course.
Bank regulation - I'd argue you are confusing battles for the war. And unlike communism, I'd bet the alternative would be worse.
I just learned on a recent PlanetMoney that most of the world has no 30 year fixed rate mortgages. Not even 15. There is a cost to having fixed rate mortgages but I'd argue it is worth it.
I can answer this! OK, matrilineal societies were quite gender equal (though not perfectly). But they were incredibly fragile. Because descent is traced via the female line, men are not guarded, so they are free to roam. The position of junior men was also crap. They were under her parents' authority. Men didn't have rights over land or children. So whenever a country prospered and markets opened up, men would escape, seize jobs, and form their own nuclear families. Or they would raid other groups for slaves. Fact: no matrilineal society ever got rich (and stayed matrilineal). Also, there are some examples of non-path-dependence and regression, eg Egypt.
"It’s weird that our culture resists letting a 10-year-old walk to school by herself, but we’re fine with giving her a smart phone. I would be more optimistic about the future if it were the other way around." I liked that a lot.
Anyone who might think Britain is a patriarchal society, never met my grandma. “What is the risk in restricting social media among those (say) 15 and under? Pretty low. What is the risk in doing nothing as more kids become depressed and harm themselves? Very high.” Which highlights a commonplace failing nowadays, to mistake a symptom for its cause. We should be asking why children are so fragile that they cannot cope with social media. Or we could ask - please may we see the data and methodology to support this in times when every aspect of life is either medicalised or politicised or both, for somebody’s gain.
Re: Alice Evans, I know motivated reasoning when I see it because it regularly (always) starts from examples that show the desired outcome without ever demonstrating that those examples are relevant. Example: 75% of the Senate is male, and Senator is a prestige position. OK, well Gallup consistently polls the US public and congress has an approval rating of 20%, and its been under 40% since 2005. It's easy to pick out individual examples and just assert that they demonstrate patriarchy/matriarchy. How about Mother's day being recognized as an official holiday in 1914 while Father's day wasn't recognized until 1972? If I assume that federal recognition ties directly into the patriarchy/matriarchy divide then its obvious that women are held in higher esteem as a class than men. Its weak reasoning of course.
10 yr olds - yes.
O,T,n,b - I'd bet you are right.
Bank equity - probably so.
Bank regulation - I'd argue you are confusing battles for the war. And unlike communism, I'd bet the alternative would be worse.
I just learned on a recent PlanetMoney that most of the world has no 30 year fixed rate mortgages. Not even 15. There is a cost to having fixed rate mortgages but I'd argue it is worth it.