In the past decade, women under the age of 30 have become more politically liberal than they ever have before,

whereas men the same age are becoming more conservative.

We saw this in record numbers of young women turning out to vote for Kamala Harris in 2024.

We also see this outside of the U.S. in countries like the U.K., Germany, and South Korea,

where in the last 10 to 15 years, men have become more conservative,

but women have become markedly more liberal in their political beliefs. And this has real consequences.

In the 2024 election, abortion was the number one issue for women under the age of 30. So why are

young women supporting abortion and big government and politicians who support

those values at record rates? Well, people are complicated, so there's rarely a single explanation.

But in today's episode, I want to focus on one idea behind this, Substitutional Patriarchy.

Patriarchy is a broad concept, but it's basically the idea that men are especially

suited to lead in their relationships with women. The most common examples would be the natural

role of husbands and fathers to be the leaders of their families. Ephesians 523 says,

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is

himself its savior. And Pope Pius I

11th put it this way in his 1930 encyclical Casti Canobey. For if the man is the head, the woman is the

heart. And as he occupies the chief place in ruling, so she may and ought to claim for herself

the chief place in love. Again, this subjection of wife to husband in its degree and manner

may vary according to the different conditions of persons, place, and time. In fact, if the husband

neglect his duty, it falls to the wife to take his place in directing the family. But the structure

of the family and its fundamental law, established and confirmed by God, must always and everywhere be maintained

intact. We are hardwired by God to desire this kind of arrangement. You can see it in women

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