Are Women to Blame for Wokery?

About this episode

Gerry Baker discusses with Helen Andrews the impact of women's entry into the workforce on American society and the rise of woke ideas.

American society has been transformed in the last half century by the entry into the workforce of large numbers of women. Equal gender opportunity has commanded a large consensus for most of that time, but there are some dissenters. Gerry Baker's guest this week on Free Expression is author and commentator Helen Andrews. She's made waves in this month with an article decrying the "Feminization of America" saying the explosion of woke ideas and cancel culture can be directly attributed to the large numbers of women who now work in the law, academia, and the media. Together they discuss the rise of women, its benefits and perils for society and whether it really means the rule of law in America is in peril. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Gerry Baker

Guest: Helen Andrews

Topics covered

• wokery
• feminization
• gender equality
• cancel culture
• workforce transformation

Keywords

• wokery
• feminization
• cancel culture
• gender equality
• workforce

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Organizations: The Wall Street Journal

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