In a recent Substack post, Alice Evans discussed status and gender inequality and how they relate to heterosexual relationships. She presented data from several countries in support of a few assertions, one of which was: “If men’s self-esteem and social respectability is contingent on them dominating their wives, they may purposefully keep them economically dependent or else beat them into submission.” For instance, she presents data from Abigail Weitzman, which shows that “Indian women who have more education or higher earnings than their husbands have the highest likelihood of frequent and severe violence.” Read More
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