Young College-Educated Women Reshaping Social Norms on Free Speech

A great number of electrons have been spent fretting over the rise of on the right. This is a good thing to worry about, in my view, even if the influence and reach of various post-liberal thinkers are often overstated. While some of them are undoubtedly shaping the highest levels of Republican politics, including the current vice presidency, the issue remains largely one fought out among intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals rather than the masses.

But there’s a far more pervasive source of illiberalism in America, one that is already reshaping social norms that have been the bedrock of liberal society for decades. It’s college-educated women, particularly younger ones.

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A great number of electrons have been spent fretting over the rise of on the right. This is a good thing to worry about, in my view, even if the influence and reach of various post-liberal thinkers are often overstated. While some of them are undoubtedly shaping the highest levels of Republican politics, including the current vice presidency, the issue remains largely one fought out among intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals rather than the masses.

But there’s a far more pervasive source of illiberalism in America, one that is already reshaping social norms that have been the bedrock of liberal society for decades. It’s college-educated women, particularly younger ones.