This week I was interviewed by the Economist, on whether there’s a crisis of masculinity. Since media time was short, I want to share my answer unabridged. Donald Trump's and Andrew Tate's sexism may go viral, but such views are vanishing. Although algorithms turbo-charge hate, Europeans and Americans increasingly endorse gender equality. In patrilineal Asia, meanwhile, modernisation has created a real crisis of incels.
About both Tate and Trump's appeal (to younger men at least): no small part of their appeal comes from them being explicitly *countercultural.* Once it was rebellious to be progressive and liberal, but that is now the dominant western culture. So for angry young men, rebellion now takes the form of misogyny -- which only works as rebellion because the broader culture is egalitarian!
I've heard that mail-order brides are increasing in Japan, as Japanese women are increasingly unwilling to put up with patriarchal Japanese men. Of course, this would just increase the demographic stress in the lower-income countries where mail-order brides originate.
About both Tate and Trump's appeal (to younger men at least): no small part of their appeal comes from them being explicitly *countercultural.* Once it was rebellious to be progressive and liberal, but that is now the dominant western culture. So for angry young men, rebellion now takes the form of misogyny -- which only works as rebellion because the broader culture is egalitarian!
The fact that you take a long-term, global, data-driven perspective on gender issues is so refreshing - and interesting.
I've heard that mail-order brides are increasing in Japan, as Japanese women are increasingly unwilling to put up with patriarchal Japanese men. Of course, this would just increase the demographic stress in the lower-income countries where mail-order brides originate.