I’ve been taking a bit of a break in the runup to the election, as it seems that people are preoccupied with it and there’s not much to be done or said for the time being. However, it’s worth pointing out that this election has been so over-the-top obsessed with women that it’s a bit surreal. Even I wouldn’t have predicted such an overwhelming focus on the female.

But given that this is the reality, it’s worth pointing out that it’s fundamentally a race between married women and single women. I have no idea who will prevail, so I won’t try to call a winner, but I did predict something along these lines some months ago:

What we are seeing here is the climax of second wave feminism, which really got going in the 1960s, as its adherents reach the peak of their political and economic power. However, despite the heights attained by people like Hilary Rosen, not all American women jumped on the bandwagon, and now the two versions of American womanhood are squaring off over the presidency. You could say it’s essentially feminists vs. wives, and it’s pretty clear which ones will line up with which candidate…

So, really, our interests as men are totally irrelevant here, in this campaign at least. If you’re going to vote (or already have), I wouldn’t recommend counting on either candidate to make things better for men specifically. It just ain’t going to happen, so I’d recommend voting based on other considerations.

But I also predicted that this won’t go on forever. It can’t. Not only are feminists removing themselves from the gene pool, they’re going to gobble up what’s left of the budget. To put it plainly, we just can’t afford feminism, which requires infinitely escalating spending, for much longer.

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I’m not sure how much longer feminism will be such a powerful force in national politics, but I suspect this election, and perhaps the next one, will be the peak. After that, there will be a decline that, while not entirely noticeable at first, should really become apparent by some time in the next decade. Younger feminists simply don’t have the passion or cohesion to repeat the successes of the Hilary Rosens and Hillary Clintons of the world.

So hang in there and just try to keep your head above water for now. These are weird times – the culmination of trends that really got going some 40 years ago – and ultimately they’ll be self-correcting.