Alice Evans
@_alice_evans
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Writing ‘The Great Gender Divergence’ with @PrincetonUPress. @BritishAcademy_ Mid-Career Fellow
Podcast: “ROCKING OUR PRIORS”
Joined April 2011
Call me basic, but my theory of fertility can be condensed to 6 bullet points:
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RT @_alice_evans: @TheArgumentMag Perhaps my knowledge of left-liberal politics needs a reboot, but as far as i recall, the basic model was….
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@TheArgumentMag Perhaps my knowledge of left-liberal politics needs a reboot, but as far as i recall, the basic model was to *expand* the coalition through persuasive argument, rather than to impose purity tests and eject anyone who isn't a card-carrying subscriber to Pravda.
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RT @_alice_evans: To misquote Oscar Wilde, . If any club demanded a purity test, I’d soon be exiled - for raising too many questions, askin….
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To misquote Oscar Wilde, . If any club demanded a purity test, I’d soon be exiled - for raising too many questions, asking about unmentionables, and generally failing to stay in their lane. That’s why I like @TheArgumentMag’s promise to champion open-minded enquiry 😀.
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Some are asking about the political affiliations of writers for @TheArgumentMag . Sorry, I must confess…. I’m not tribal. I hurl myself into history, reading widely, travelling across the world, listening, & constantly grappling with awkward tensions . But if it helps.
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RT @_alice_evans: I’m delighted to join @TheArgumentMag - a new magazine on Liberalism. Drawing on my globally comparative research, I’ll….
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@JerusalemDemsas P.s. that isn’t a funky new trend of luminous pink eye shadow, I have a little bit of an eye infection! . I’ll endeavour to be more symmetrical for future appearances on @TheArgumentMag 😜.
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Congratulations to the editor (and my friend) @JerusalemDemsas . I’m so happy to support this important initiative, and honored to be part of a very awesome collab! .
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I’m delighted to join @TheArgumentMag - a new magazine on Liberalism. Drawing on my globally comparative research, I’ll be writing monthly essays, on the historical drivers (and obstacles) to liberalism, worldwide. Cos you can’t have Women’s Lib without Liberalism. ❤️
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Why is China industrialising so rapidly?. Yes, we must talk about foreign exchange rates, technological extraction, and a strong centralised state. Human critical is also critical, and it's geographically correlated with the share of men who passed the keju civil service exams.
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Glorifying sacrifice is an under-rated tool of cultural persuasion,. both in terms of . - men laying down their lives to fight in battle, and also .- female altruism for the family.
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Female sacrifice has been glorified in India and China for two thousand years. Why does it persist and how has it changed?
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RT @cblatts: One of the least known, most important facts about life in Latin America: most people can turn to police for order & security,….
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Why is intimate partner violence so high in Latin America?. My theory: the region is extremely violent, which is brutalizing. Men learn to act “tough”.
One of the least known, most important facts about life in Latin America: most people can turn to police for order & security, but 1 in 6 are also governed by gangs and criminal groups—that’s 77–101 million Latin Americans under some kind of gang rule.
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The history of human cultural evolution is partly (and very crudely) about . - who has superior military technology to conquer other places (cavalry, gunpowder) and . - who can persuade women to have more babies, & outcompete demographically.
It is well understood that different fertility rates lead to changes in demographic structures within a country. These differences may be regional (e.g., region A having higher fertility than region B), ethnic, religious, cultural, or political. What is less appreciated is that,
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Very excited that the wonderful @DalrympleWill will be joining my podcast to discuss "THE GOLDEN ROAD!". Get ready to rock some priors 🤟
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East Asia has seen a huge shift in values. Many people have left their childhood religion (eg Buddhism or Daoism) to become atheists. And when asked what gives life meaning,. Many say material well-being (above family).
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