In this episode I speak with Rob Henderson author of Troubled and originator of the concept luxury beliefs: ideas that raise the status of the elites while harming the people with the least margin for error.But today we look at something he’s rarely asked to unpack: the female side of luxury beliefs.

00:00 – Introduction & Who Is Rob Henderson?01:13 – What Luxury Beliefs Really Are02:17 – Are There Female Luxury Beliefs?04:08 – COVID Softness & Lowering Standards06:55 – Feminine Teaching Norms and Real-World Harm09:03 – Learning Loss: Who Paid the Price?12:06 – Daycare, Working-Class Mothers & Elite Hypocrisy13:09 – “Walk the 50s, Talk the 60s”18:13 – Compassion in Public, Authoritarian at Home22:08 – “All Families Are Equal” as a Luxury Belief30:44 – Marriage Collapse & Class Inequality31:08 – Rob’s Upbringing and the Need for Structure32:36 – Would Conscription Fix Fatherlessness?37:21 – How Female Norms Shape Male Mental Health39:01 – Dani Slikowski & Elite Female Competition40:18 – The Impossible Standards Set by Elite Women42:49 – “Men Should Be More Emotional” as a Luxury Belief44:04 – Does Feminism Hurt Women the Most?47:29 – Boys Are More Hurt by Instability Than Girls

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