Political Science International Affairs Gender Feminism Sex Military War

Covert Operations

Dec. 19, 2022

We may think of military and war as strictly male pursuits - but governments and militaries all over the world spend a lot of man-hours strategizing about the different kinds of women they need to control to do the war-wagin…

Guest: Cynthia Enloe
Political Science Sex Women Family Court Male Violence

Unnatural Authority

Dec. 5, 2022

If we ask what the key instruments are, by which male power and control is maintained - family court is right at the top of the list. As an institution, family court operates in near-total secrecy, cloaked in privacy laws, a…

Guest: Grant Wyeth
Political Science International Affairs Gender

The Oldest Tyranny

Oct. 13, 2022

Despite great social diversity across the planet, it is an observable fact that males subordinates females across almost all human cultures. Elle speaks with securities scholar Dr. Valerie Hudson about how this ancient sexua…