Why is There Political Gender Gap
Conservative Men, Liberal Women | Ep. 199
A few months ago The Economist put out an article on the “Political Gender Gap”— noting the trend that young men are becoming more conservative and young women more liberal, leading to obvious conflict and doomsday predictions…
But I think this is actually a great thing. And of course, I have some data to back it up. (Citations below.)
Men and women did not evolve to be the same “worlds”.
Our pre-civilization male ancestors, tasked with tending to the tribe’s Perimeter, were better equipped to this job if they believe in merit-based hierarchy, valuing tradition (what has previously worked), and cultural exclusion— what we now would call “conservative morality”.
Our female ancestors, on the other hand, who created and nurtured life within the tribe’s Perimeter, were better served with a more egalitarian, inclusive, feeling-based outlook— “liberal morality”.
And our brains therefore evolved as such.
This episode references various neurological studies about conservative vs. liberal brains, sexual anthropology, a little Marx, Nietzsche, Chesterton, and of course my own observations.
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P.S. I know politics gets some people’s undergarments in a bunch, especially now, (especially especially if you’re American). But that’s also why I feel it’s important to look at how ideology works, as objectively as possible.
I do share some of my own political views, not to push them, but to illustrate how ideology, at best, is simply a strategy for approaching life. We choose ideologies that suit our internal neurology and external circumstances. That means there’s no such thing as one size fits all.
Referenced studies:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092984/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1368430209356930?__cf_chl_rt_tk=Euo0nGecnX7PMikWLsfT6QfFlQbTLSAeUimElFRNsmg-1726159082-0.0.1.1-5353
https://www.psypost.org/genetic-variations-help-explain-the-link-between-cognitive-ability-and-liberalism/
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.16030051