Around the world, the youngest cohort of voters are dividing themselves politically along gendered lines. What’s behind this “great gender divergence”?

This week, the hosts debate the causes and consequences of a gender-divided world. Plus, Ross has some timing advice should you choose to improve the national birthrate.

(A full transcript of this episode can be found at the top of the episode page on the Times website.)

Mentioned in this episode:

• “A New Global Gender Divide Is Emerging,” by John Burn-Murdoch in The Financial Times
• “Taylor Swift, Donald Trump and the Right’s Abnormality Problem,” by Ross Douthat in The Times

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