/549/ Why Has Politics Genderised? ft. Ashley Frawley

About this episode

The episode explores the political polarization along gender lines among young people, focusing on the perspectives of young women.

On angry young women. Ashley Frawley, sociologist and senior editor at Compact, joins Alex and George to delve more deeply into young people's political polarisation on gender lines. Why is there a lack of mutual understanding or goodwill between young men and women when we have never been more equal? Why do differing political views on anything from Israel/Palestine to Donald Trump cause such interpersonal rancour? Young women are centrally concerned with pain, trauma, and empathy – and see men as lacking. What's behind this? How is the conservative explanation (bad lefty ideas) just as faulty as the lefty one (patriarchy)? What will the political consequences be of gender polarisation? For the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/bungacast Links: Revealed: the new radicalism among young women, Scarlett Maguire, New Statesman Meet the Angry Young Women, Emily Lawford, New Statesman Why young women are so angry, Pippa Bailey, New Statesman Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”, Jack Davey, The Critic Magazine Why do young women hate men?, New Statesman, YouTube /394/ Girls, Left / Boys, Right ft. Nina Power (see for additional links) Girls and Boys are becoming very different…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex, George

Guest: Ashley Frawley

Topics covered

• gender politics
• political polarization
• young women
• interpersonal relationships
• empathy
• conservatism
• patriarchy

Keywords

• gender
• politics
• young women
• polarization
• empathy
• trauma
• interpersonal conflict

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Compact, New Statesman, The Critic Magazine

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