The Great Gender Divergence

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i feel like i have such a more thorough understanding of this than i did before. So my method is to study the history of every single country in the world from there. I need to be thorough about this. But if people are interested, i have a blog. Doctor ales evans dot come forward slash blog,. and they can come jome on twitter. Exactl youre on twitter. Got a few things going on, and you're on twitterware. Underscore alice. Unfolding: The Great Gender Divergence by Adam Raal (published by Simon & Schuster at £16.99). To order your copy click here.

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.