What does the World Cup, and the history of football, teach us about the drivers of gender equality? My new essay - featuring Daron www.ggd.world/p/punishing-...
Alice Evans
@draliceevans.bsky.social
Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University Writing "The Great Gender Divergence" Substack: www.ggd.world
If you watched the World Cup final, you witnessed two things which are hugely important to the history of global gender relations: male coalitional violence and the rise of impartial institutions. My new essay is inspired by @dacemoglumit.bsky.social and FIFA! www.ggd.world/p/punishing-...
The ‘Battle of Nuremberg’ (2006) saw four red cards and 16 yellow cards. Enforcing the rules appeared to provide a powerful deterrent. This hugely instructive for gender equality! It captures the importance of enforcing rules for fair play. My new essay is on punishing thuggery & cronyism 👇
If you go to a Western museum about any country's history, it will typically highlight 'kick-ass' women who were subversive, agentic and powerful. In fact, so much of human history as been shaped by violent & aggressive struggles by gangs of armed men, competing for status.
Does Penelope have 'agency'? Some gender historians have presented Penelope as cunning and ‘agentic’. While Odysseus is away, his wife is hassled by suitors seeking her hand and his estate. Odysseus is then congratulated for having such a devout wife. But... www.ggd.world/p/what-does-...
What does the Odyssey teach us about European Patriarchy? www.ggd.world/p/what-does-... drawing on @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's brilliant translation cc @economeager.bsky.social
What does the Odyssey teach us about European Patriarchy? www.ggd.world/p/what-does-... drawing on @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's brilliant translation cc @economeager.bsky.social
Throughout history, militarised male coalitions have slaughtered rivals & captured women. Elite women struggled to exert public influence because they often gained respect through submission and self-erasure. Patriarchs thus often operated a dual strategy: confining insiders, raping outsiders.
Rome’s origin myth told of soldiers abducting Sabine virgins and making them mothers. This captures a universal truth: militarised patriarchs consolidated their dominance by confining insiders and raping outsiders www.ggd.world/p/confining-...
Dalit women's oppression is often written about their experiences, struggles and agency. That's hugely important, but I think it's equally useful to understand the mechanisms that enable dominant- caste men's impunity 👇 www.ggd.world/p/confining-...
Throughout history, militarised male coalitions have slaughtered rivals & captured women. Elite women struggled to exert public influence because they often gained respect through submission and self-erasure. Patriarchs thus often operated a dual strategy: confining insiders, raping outsiders.
I have some suggestions for how we can do gender history with greater empiricism and openness www.ggd.world/p/getting-re...
gonna be honest a lot of feminist historians say "women were respected authorities in the home and the family" in the same way that twitter chuds think their grandparents were a matriarchy because the grandmother was in charge of family lunch
Alice Evans@draliceevans.bsky.social · 2mo agoSome feminist historians tell us that Aztec women were respected authorities, But women's life was one of relentless drudgery, spending 5 hours just grinding maize for her family's tortilla needs. Wild how the people who bemoan women's unpaid care today would minimise this in the past!!
Some feminist historians tell us that Aztec women were respected authorities, But women's life was one of relentless drudgery, spending 5 hours just grinding maize for her family's tortilla needs. Wild how the people who bemoan women's unpaid care today would minimise this in the past!!
Feminist historians often urge us to recognise women's agency, subversion and hidden powers But do such narratives risk creating a rose-tinted patriarchy, Downplaying the reality of imperial militarism and back-breaking drudgery? Case in point: the Aztecs! t.co/g6Mbbvt1sf
Feminist historians often urge us to recognise women's agency, subversion and hidden powers But do such narratives risk creating a rose-tinted patriarchy, Downplaying the reality of imperial militarism and back-breaking drudgery? Case in point: the Aztecs! t.co/g6Mbbvt1sf
What's breaking the market for love? Southern Africa has made major strides towards gender equality, but it has very high rates of unintended pregnancies and single motherhood. Why is this? www.ggd.world/p/whats-brea...
When do men provide devotion? If we think like economists, we might consider the market for love. Men supply devotion if they want female companionship and she insists on devotion as the price of intimacy But both of these can break down, and then he does not bother www.ggd.world/p/whats-brea...
What's breaking the market for love? Southern Africa has made major strides towards gender equality, but it has very high rates of unintended pregnancies and single motherhood. Why is this? www.ggd.world/p/whats-brea...
Sandsynligt 👇 "Modernisation thus unleashes something once suppressed by patriarchy: a fundamental mismatch in men and women’s preferences. For this reason, female emancipation is good for women’s welfare, but whether it increases long-run aggregate GDP really depends on men’s reactions. "
Alice Evans@draliceevans.bsky.social · 2mo agoIs Female Emancipation Good for Growth? www.ggd.world/p/how-does-f...
“For the first time in history, East Asian women seized the means of persuasion.”
Alice Evans@draliceevans.bsky.social · 2mo agoIs Female Emancipation Good for Growth? www.ggd.world/p/how-does-f...
Is Female Emancipation Good for Growth? www.ggd.world/p/how-does-f...
Is Female Emancipation Good for Growth? My new essay explores the economic consequences of rising female employment and feminist persuasion... www.ggd.world/p/how-does-f...
Did Colonialism Help or Hinder African Patriarchs? In my new essay, I introduce the colonial-patriarchal compromise and women's resistance www.ggd.world/p/did-coloni...
Did Colonialism Help or Hinder African Patriarchs? In my new essay, I introduce the colonial-patriarchal compromise and women's resistance www.ggd.world/p/did-coloni...
India's diamond industry is built on jati endogamy - finds Kaivan Munshi. Endogamy creates dense webs of obligation, improving information flows & reducing commitment problems. Jatis create trust partly by raising daughters to marry preferred grooms, and stay put, enduring any abuse.
Patriarchy doesn't just puff up men's egos, it also enables men to extract rents. My essay digs into abuse in Southern Rhodesia, India's diamond industry, and Britain's old boys clubs. www.ggd.world/p/patriarcha...
Patriarchy doesn't just puff up men's egos, it also enables men to extract rents. My essay digs into abuse in Southern Rhodesia, India's diamond industry, and Britain's old boys clubs. www.ggd.world/p/patriarcha...