Men and Women are Essentially Different | Phillip Blond

Is liberal feminism to blame today? Director of think tank ResPublica, Phillip Blond argues that men and women are essentially different and puts forward a new feminist project to emancipate society.

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The Patriarchy has become a powerful feminist watchword for the unequal division of power between men and women. In some fields, though, the tables have turned, with women a third more likey to go to university, three quarters of teachers being women, and the courts predominantly giving women custody of children. Should we be demanding equality for men in these areas? Or are the arenas where equality is a mistaken gaol and women should have the upper hand?

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Phillip Blond: Phillip Blond is an English political philosopher, Anglican theologian, and director of the ResPublica think tank. He is the author of Red Tory (2010) which sought to redefine the centre ground of British politics around the ideas of civil association, mutual ownership and shared enterprise.

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