
Why Do Men Rule the World? with Dr. Alice Evans
Factually! with Adam Conover
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What Happened in East Asia?
Eastasia experienced rapid economic growth, labor intenss if manufacturing. Families seclude their daughters because they're worried about nigging their neck out and being the odd one out. The economic returns to putting your daughter to work overcame the loss of honor. In japan, in china, it was poor, desperate fathers who signed the labor contracts for their daughters to go out to their to the factories.
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