The Boys Feminism Left Behind

A young boy in Harlem, 1972. (Anthony Barboza via Getty Images)
You don’t upend a 12,000-year-old social order without experiencing cultural side effects.
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In the span of just a few decades, an astonishing, epochal revolution in human relations has occurred. Since the widespread adoption of agriculture, patriarchy has been the norm in human societies. No longer. Patriarchy has been effectively demolished in advanced economies.
Women are no longer dependent on men for material resources. By tearing down bar…
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