"There is a tie. Between a, between a child and, and the mother," she says. "All kinds of impulses and instincts that women may have ... protectiveness toward their biologically born children." She believes men should not be expected to do more when it comes to caring for babies. The author's next question: Do you think modern language will degenerate into one where every fifth word has to be used?
Camille Paglia joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on the brilliance of Bowie, lamb vindaloo, her lifestyle of observation, why writers need real jobs, Star Wars, Harold Bloom, Amelia Earhart, Edmund Spenser, Brazil, why she is most definitely not a cultural conservative, and much more.
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