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This is an excellent, pointed interview on a subject of increasing relevance in a fast changing world of societal norms and gender expectations. As a grandfather entering his seventh decade, I consider the trend toward greater female independence, beginning in the late 1950s, to be equally liberating for men. Imagine growing up as a male being strapped with the expectation of being ENTIRELY responsibile for the happiness, safety and future well-being of one's mate--and of women generally. This always seemed to me to be unrealistic and a kind of moral straight jacket. With the womens movement of the 1960s and the continuing trend today, for both single and married women, males have been released to live larger, less constrained lives enriched by today's independent women.
