Is There a Gender Gap in the Cities?

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With rapid economic growth, with economic upgrady wone those jobs gets slightly better too. Women are now exploring the cities for themselves. They're making nds with other women in the factories and hearing about different possibilities. So itis by going to the cities, by expanding their mobility, and by expanding theirmobility in the public sphere, women hear new ideas. And they become emboldened. What you have is this snowballing process of multiple attempts to bust out of the system so that can create a sort of positive febact.

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.