SkirtsDad wrote:Really good article.... but then I probably would say that as it reflects how I think lol. It will probably happen when men stop trying to cling to power.
Depends on what you mean by "cling to power". Everyone, women included, is averse to disempowerment. Women entered the workforce in larger numbers almost simultaneously with pants becoming acceptable business attire for them. (a fashion shift that began slightly earlier than their entrance into the workforce) So, women had the opportunity to invent the norms as they emerged from their previous nearly-exclusive roles as housekeepers and caregivers. Men, in contrast, are not the new ones on the block, so have no freedom to re-imagine their norms as they go. To avoid being disempowered by being seen as weirdos, men must adhere to the existing norms. That's not "clinging" to anything except the ability to get a job and support oneself.
Now there is also clinging to masculinity and fear of femininity as loss of masculinity, and a social prejudice against femininity in men that is much stronger than the prejudice against masculinity in women, and this does have to do with the perception of men as having power and being expected to value it above all else, but this is mostly also (a rational) fear of disempowerment, not an active seeking of power itself.
IMV, IMHO, YMMV, etc..