Thank you. I do hope that a lot of it is generational, and that young people have grown up in a world with more women in positions of authority, with mothers and fathers being more equal, and with women and their stories being better represented in mainstream culture (movies, TV, etc.), such that they're so much less inclined to even be …
Thank you. I do hope that a lot of it is generational, and that young people have grown up in a world with more women in positions of authority, with mothers and fathers being more equal, and with women and their stories being better represented in mainstream culture (movies, TV, etc.), such that they're so much less inclined to even be able to think the old ways. I do admit to some concerns about young people and gender: whether the rise in identification as non-binary means they think they have to get rid of gender altogether, rather than be able to have two different, sometimes complementary, groups who can be treated equally, and, the higher number of biological sex females identifying as trans among teens, which makes me think at least some of it is they feel hopeless that women will ever be treated with respect. But I also remember that, at 45, maybe that's just my old man way of thinking, and that I need to trust the young people even more yet.
Thank you. I do hope that a lot of it is generational, and that young people have grown up in a world with more women in positions of authority, with mothers and fathers being more equal, and with women and their stories being better represented in mainstream culture (movies, TV, etc.), such that they're so much less inclined to even be able to think the old ways. I do admit to some concerns about young people and gender: whether the rise in identification as non-binary means they think they have to get rid of gender altogether, rather than be able to have two different, sometimes complementary, groups who can be treated equally, and, the higher number of biological sex females identifying as trans among teens, which makes me think at least some of it is they feel hopeless that women will ever be treated with respect. But I also remember that, at 45, maybe that's just my old man way of thinking, and that I need to trust the young people even more yet.