The Myth Of Male Power

The Myth of Male PowerThe second in a two-part seriesSexism, we have been told, made men powerful and women powerless. The reality is somewhat different. For centuries, neither sex had power. Both sexes had roles: She raised the children, he raised the money. Neither sex had options, both sexes had obligations. If both sexes had traditional obligations, it is more accurate to call it sex roles than sexism.Men's roles didn't serve their interests any more than women's roles served women's interes...