Ep 297: Alice Evans Studies the Great Gender Divergence
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
Women's Writing in the Middle East and North Africa
Women were by no means passive so because married women had these property in it property rights if you look at court records from aintab uh from kyro the mascars you see women lit the gate in court they're pursuing thieves and hounding people. However we tend not to sit but we tend to not vote elite and wealthy women tend to descend emissaries on their behalf so they could maintain seclusion as that was respectable.
We're in the 21st century, and it would seem that the world is finally moving towards gender equality, right? Not so fast. Alice Evans joins Amit Varma in episode 297 of The Seen and the Unseen to discuss why some parts of the world are crawling slower than others. (For full linked show notes, go to SeenUnseen.in.) Also check out: 1. Alice Evans on her blog, website, YouTube, podcast, Google Scholar, King's College and Twitter. 2. Rocking Our Priors -- Alice Evans's podcast. 3. Ten Thousand Years of Patriarchy, Updated! -- Alice Evans. 4. An Intellectual History of the Patriarchy -- Alice Evans. 5. Friendships and Women's Liberation -- Alice Evans. 6. 3 Things I Got Wrong About Patriarchy -- Alice Evans. 7. What Don't We Know About Patriarchy? -- Alice Evans. 8. Overcoming the Global Despondency Trap -- Alice Evans. 9. Ideas of India: The Great Gender Divergence -- Alice Evans on Shruti Rajagopalan's podcast. 10. 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