My friend just used the word “genderalization” and I think it’s a really clever portmanteau of gender-based generalizations.
Essay: The Crisis of Gender Relations
My friend sent me this essay today, and it’s very good.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-crisis-of-gender-relations/
What this has meant for women is a society in which they have options outside the patriarchal bargain. Simply working for a wage is enough to provide the security that once husbands exclusively controlled. Or, to put it more intuitively: the rise of two-income households isn’t a result of economic hardship. It’s a result of economic growth.
Go read it.
Emilybook 