Climate breakdown, authomization and the rise of authoritarian regimes make it much more difficult to see rise in female employment a an feminist activism. That said, there are constantly examples where women are organizing the odds. A ther huge demand for female militia, guerrillas a fighting for curdish independence. As more women joined militia, they increasingly organized their own sexions,. They instituted more, greater female representation.
Around the world and for most of history, human societies have been dominated by men. Why? Professor and author of the forthcoming “The Great Gender Divergence”, Dr. Alice Evans, joins Adam to explain how male governance springs from systems of inheritance, why matrilineal systems tend to convert to patrilineal ones, and why we’re seeing progress on gender equality around the world. You can follow Alice's work on Twitter at @_alice_evans
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