At the National Conservatism conference earlier this year, Helen Andrews delivered a talk titled, “Overcoming Feminization in the Culture.” Earlier today, Compact magazine published a written version of the same thesis titled, “The Great Feminization.” I highly recommend either watching or reading Andrews’ stimulating argument.
She contends that “”Everything you think of as wokeness involves prioritizing the feminine over the masculine: empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition.” In other words, wokeness is not merely an ideology but a way of thinking and socializing that is fundamentally feminine. The reason that wokeness spread the way that it did in the 2010’s and beyond is because of a steep rise in the number of women appearing in traditionally masculine spaces.
It’s a provocative thesis, not least because it is coming from a woman. But it also has a great deal of explanatory power. Highly recommended.
