Exploring the arguments surrounding innate gender differences and highlighting the effects of sexism on society, including the exclusion of African-American suffrage and the dynamics of a patriarchal society. The chapter concludes with a discussion of recent political events.
In our Season Three finale, co-hosts Celeste Headlee and John Biewen talk about where American culture goes from here, sexism-wise. And we hear from scholar Melvin Konner, who argues that we are in fact witnessing—and bringing about—“the end of male supremacy.”
Music by Alex Weston, and by Evgueni and Sacha Galperine.
Music and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.