Alice Evans
@draliceevans.bsky.social
Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford University
Writing "The Great Gender Divergence"
Substack: www.ggd.world
Writing "The Great Gender Divergence"
Substack: www.ggd.world
Writing was invented over 5000 years ago.
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Writing was invented over 5000 years ago.
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
Quiz: What is this? And why is it a useful artefact for anyone interested in the history of gender?
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Quiz: What is this? And why is it a useful artefact for anyone interested in the history of gender?
When I suggested that Latin America's high rate of femicides are primarily due to its exceptionally high violence, some pushed back.
But Claudia Sheinbaum has reduced violence, and this has simultaneously led to a decline in femicides.
But Claudia Sheinbaum has reduced violence, and this has simultaneously led to a decline in femicides.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When I suggested that Latin America's high rate of femicides are primarily due to its exceptionally high violence, some pushed back.
But Claudia Sheinbaum has reduced violence, and this has simultaneously led to a decline in femicides.
But Claudia Sheinbaum has reduced violence, and this has simultaneously led to a decline in femicides.
If you fail to understand the primary cause of contemporary patriarchy, you go chasing geese in the past.
So many books write about concubines’ “agency”, yet omit wider ideologies..
And why her great-great-great-great-granddaughter is still secluded, at home, with no friends.
So many books write about concubines’ “agency”, yet omit wider ideologies..
And why her great-great-great-great-granddaughter is still secluded, at home, with no friends.
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you fail to understand the primary cause of contemporary patriarchy, you go chasing geese in the past.
So many books write about concubines’ “agency”, yet omit wider ideologies..
And why her great-great-great-great-granddaughter is still secluded, at home, with no friends.
So many books write about concubines’ “agency”, yet omit wider ideologies..
And why her great-great-great-great-granddaughter is still secluded, at home, with no friends.
What are the origins of patriarchy?
(Or is that the wrong question...?)
Writing my book, cross-legged on the floor, scraping clues & fragments from every continent, till I cobble together the mosaic. 🧩🗺️
(Or is that the wrong question...?)
Writing my book, cross-legged on the floor, scraping clues & fragments from every continent, till I cobble together the mosaic. 🧩🗺️
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What are the origins of patriarchy?
(Or is that the wrong question...?)
Writing my book, cross-legged on the floor, scraping clues & fragments from every continent, till I cobble together the mosaic. 🧩🗺️
(Or is that the wrong question...?)
Writing my book, cross-legged on the floor, scraping clues & fragments from every continent, till I cobble together the mosaic. 🧩🗺️
Reposted by Alice Evans
In the middle of listening, right now... this is VERY, VERY GOOD!
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart?
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart? John Burn-Murdoch
YouTube video by DrAlice Evans
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In the middle of listening, right now... this is VERY, VERY GOOD!
Reposted by Alice Evans
Just read the transcript of this. It is absolutely fascinating. Growing left-right gap in young people (even teens) is worldwide
So many big changes happening at a rapid pace (e.g. fertility drop)
So many big changes happening at a rapid pace (e.g. fertility drop)
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart?
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart? John Burn-Murdoch
YouTube video by DrAlice Evans
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just read the transcript of this. It is absolutely fascinating. Growing left-right gap in young people (even teens) is worldwide
So many big changes happening at a rapid pace (e.g. fertility drop)
So many big changes happening at a rapid pace (e.g. fertility drop)
20% of young men in the UK are not in work or education, nor caring for anyone.
Do economic frustrations drive political polarisation?
But young women are actually more polarised, and often doing better.
Is this due to online persuasion, mimetic copying, or less socialising??
Do economic frustrations drive political polarisation?
But young women are actually more polarised, and often doing better.
Is this due to online persuasion, mimetic copying, or less socialising??
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart?
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart? John Burn-Murdoch
YouTube video by DrAlice Evans
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
20% of young men in the UK are not in work or education, nor caring for anyone.
Do economic frustrations drive political polarisation?
But young women are actually more polarised, and often doing better.
Is this due to online persuasion, mimetic copying, or less socialising??
Do economic frustrations drive political polarisation?
But young women are actually more polarised, and often doing better.
Is this due to online persuasion, mimetic copying, or less socialising??
As China’s exports come up against trade barriers, they’re offloading & flooding other countries.
🇮🇩 factories have increasingly closed - exacerbating a prior trend of automation, de-industrialisation, & stalled development.
By Jon Emont,
Ft @drodrik.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
🇮🇩 factories have increasingly closed - exacerbating a prior trend of automation, de-industrialisation, & stalled development.
By Jon Emont,
Ft @drodrik.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
August 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
As China’s exports come up against trade barriers, they’re offloading & flooding other countries.
🇮🇩 factories have increasingly closed - exacerbating a prior trend of automation, de-industrialisation, & stalled development.
By Jon Emont,
Ft @drodrik.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
🇮🇩 factories have increasingly closed - exacerbating a prior trend of automation, de-industrialisation, & stalled development.
By Jon Emont,
Ft @drodrik.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart?
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart? John Burn-Murdoch
YouTube video by DrAlice Evans
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart?
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com joins me to discuss gendered polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
youtu.be/VrOk1-jChdA?...
It was such a treat to be on CNN with the fantastic Fareed Zakaria - who was incredibly kind & insightful!
July 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
It was such a treat to be on CNN with the fantastic Fareed Zakaria - who was incredibly kind & insightful!
3 patriarchs huddle, each glorifies a distinct ideology:
1) says men are more intelligent.
2) claims that female seclusion is necessary for heaven.
3) rejects reproductive freedoms.
Which patriarchal ideology proves most resilient in the 21st century?
1) says men are more intelligent.
2) claims that female seclusion is necessary for heaven.
3) rejects reproductive freedoms.
Which patriarchal ideology proves most resilient in the 21st century?
July 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
3 patriarchs huddle, each glorifies a distinct ideology:
1) says men are more intelligent.
2) claims that female seclusion is necessary for heaven.
3) rejects reproductive freedoms.
Which patriarchal ideology proves most resilient in the 21st century?
1) says men are more intelligent.
2) claims that female seclusion is necessary for heaven.
3) rejects reproductive freedoms.
Which patriarchal ideology proves most resilient in the 21st century?
Patriarchy persists in cultural enclaves that legitimise and naturalise inequalities - when it is the air we breathe.
Technological connectivity can be radically disruptive, enabling ideological persuasion.
Have I tagged all the feminist bestsellers here in Yogya? 📚
Technological connectivity can be radically disruptive, enabling ideological persuasion.
Have I tagged all the feminist bestsellers here in Yogya? 📚
July 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Patriarchy persists in cultural enclaves that legitimise and naturalise inequalities - when it is the air we breathe.
Technological connectivity can be radically disruptive, enabling ideological persuasion.
Have I tagged all the feminist bestsellers here in Yogya? 📚
Technological connectivity can be radically disruptive, enabling ideological persuasion.
Have I tagged all the feminist bestsellers here in Yogya? 📚
Thank you so much to all my friends in Indonesia for being so incredibly hospitable, generous & informative!
This trip has radically advanced my understanding of 🇮🇩 schooling, religious syncretism, nationalism, & gender.
Here’s me looking like I have just heard MAJOR gossip. 👀
This trip has radically advanced my understanding of 🇮🇩 schooling, religious syncretism, nationalism, & gender.
Here’s me looking like I have just heard MAJOR gossip. 👀
July 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thank you so much to all my friends in Indonesia for being so incredibly hospitable, generous & informative!
This trip has radically advanced my understanding of 🇮🇩 schooling, religious syncretism, nationalism, & gender.
Here’s me looking like I have just heard MAJOR gossip. 👀
This trip has radically advanced my understanding of 🇮🇩 schooling, religious syncretism, nationalism, & gender.
Here’s me looking like I have just heard MAJOR gossip. 👀
Indonesia’s cultural syncretism - celebrated in wedding photography:
- 3 pins in her hair (cunduk mentul)
- sarongs
- ceremonial dagger (keris)
- guardian deities are wrapped in black-white checked cloth to honour their sacred power
- Islamic hijab
- 3 pins in her hair (cunduk mentul)
- sarongs
- ceremonial dagger (keris)
- guardian deities are wrapped in black-white checked cloth to honour their sacred power
- Islamic hijab
July 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Indonesia’s cultural syncretism - celebrated in wedding photography:
- 3 pins in her hair (cunduk mentul)
- sarongs
- ceremonial dagger (keris)
- guardian deities are wrapped in black-white checked cloth to honour their sacred power
- Islamic hijab
- 3 pins in her hair (cunduk mentul)
- sarongs
- ceremonial dagger (keris)
- guardian deities are wrapped in black-white checked cloth to honour their sacred power
- Islamic hijab
Indonesia is truly beautiful,
But it’s striking to see so little mechanisation of agriculture. Whether I visit tobacco, rice, or fish farms, much is still done by hand.
So many potentially brilliant minds still trapped in drudgery - “Lost Einsteins”.
But it’s striking to see so little mechanisation of agriculture. Whether I visit tobacco, rice, or fish farms, much is still done by hand.
So many potentially brilliant minds still trapped in drudgery - “Lost Einsteins”.
July 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Indonesia is truly beautiful,
But it’s striking to see so little mechanisation of agriculture. Whether I visit tobacco, rice, or fish farms, much is still done by hand.
So many potentially brilliant minds still trapped in drudgery - “Lost Einsteins”.
But it’s striking to see so little mechanisation of agriculture. Whether I visit tobacco, rice, or fish farms, much is still done by hand.
So many potentially brilliant minds still trapped in drudgery - “Lost Einsteins”.
Yogya is gloriously vibrant, it’s such a pleasure to see Prambanan temple, Borobodhur, as well as Indonesians Muslims’ pride & enjoyment of this beautiful heritage.
Also recommended: a ginormous hat.
Also recommended: a ginormous hat.
July 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Yogya is gloriously vibrant, it’s such a pleasure to see Prambanan temple, Borobodhur, as well as Indonesians Muslims’ pride & enjoyment of this beautiful heritage.
Also recommended: a ginormous hat.
Also recommended: a ginormous hat.
Welcome to Yogya, where pink hijabis carefully choreograph a tiktok performance in front of a 9th century Hindu temple. 🇮🇩❤️
July 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Welcome to Yogya, where pink hijabis carefully choreograph a tiktok performance in front of a 9th century Hindu temple. 🇮🇩❤️
“When we go back to the village, we’re surprised the mangos are still on the trees.
My friends & I used to climb up and steal them.
But now the kids don’t care about mangos: they’re playing video games”
🇮🇩
My friends & I used to climb up and steal them.
But now the kids don’t care about mangos: they’re playing video games”
🇮🇩
July 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“When we go back to the village, we’re surprised the mangos are still on the trees.
My friends & I used to climb up and steal them.
But now the kids don’t care about mangos: they’re playing video games”
🇮🇩
My friends & I used to climb up and steal them.
But now the kids don’t care about mangos: they’re playing video games”
🇮🇩
The village chief is generously taking me on a big trip up river! 🐟🐠
July 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The village chief is generously taking me on a big trip up river! 🐟🐠
Pop quiz for you and your AI:
Where am I?
What’s the building on the left?
What does it tell us?
Where am I?
What’s the building on the left?
What does it tell us?
July 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Pop quiz for you and your AI:
Where am I?
What’s the building on the left?
What does it tell us?
Where am I?
What’s the building on the left?
What does it tell us?
“What book should people read to understand gender equality?” asks Lavina
“Romantic fiction!”, I suggest 😀
“Romantic fiction!”, I suggest 😀
July 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“What book should people read to understand gender equality?” asks Lavina
“Romantic fiction!”, I suggest 😀
“Romantic fiction!”, I suggest 😀
“All good?”, asks my mother
“Oh yes, my friend is taking me on a motorbike tour of mosques and holy shrines!” 🏍️ 🇮🇩🕌
“Oh yes, my friend is taking me on a motorbike tour of mosques and holy shrines!” 🏍️ 🇮🇩🕌
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“All good?”, asks my mother
“Oh yes, my friend is taking me on a motorbike tour of mosques and holy shrines!” 🏍️ 🇮🇩🕌
“Oh yes, my friend is taking me on a motorbike tour of mosques and holy shrines!” 🏍️ 🇮🇩🕌
“How can men support women?”
Or let me rephrase the question, “How do culture & institions shape men’s proclivity to support women?”
Lavina (my Acehenese RA) interviewed me for her podcast! 🇮🇩
Or let me rephrase the question, “How do culture & institions shape men’s proclivity to support women?”
Lavina (my Acehenese RA) interviewed me for her podcast! 🇮🇩
July 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“How can men support women?”
Or let me rephrase the question, “How do culture & institions shape men’s proclivity to support women?”
Lavina (my Acehenese RA) interviewed me for her podcast! 🇮🇩
Or let me rephrase the question, “How do culture & institions shape men’s proclivity to support women?”
Lavina (my Acehenese RA) interviewed me for her podcast! 🇮🇩
“Nongkrong” is Indonesian slang for hanging out.
It means relaxing with friends, with no specific agenda.
If you search for “Nongkrong”, you’ll get a bunch of cafes.
Predicated on a culture of permissibility, where women can loiter with male & female friends 😀☕️
It means relaxing with friends, with no specific agenda.
If you search for “Nongkrong”, you’ll get a bunch of cafes.
Predicated on a culture of permissibility, where women can loiter with male & female friends 😀☕️
July 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Nongkrong” is Indonesian slang for hanging out.
It means relaxing with friends, with no specific agenda.
If you search for “Nongkrong”, you’ll get a bunch of cafes.
Predicated on a culture of permissibility, where women can loiter with male & female friends 😀☕️
It means relaxing with friends, with no specific agenda.
If you search for “Nongkrong”, you’ll get a bunch of cafes.
Predicated on a culture of permissibility, where women can loiter with male & female friends 😀☕️