Episode Reviews

Good content, but some issues with execution. Fraad incredibly slow talker, lacks both overall polish and episode notes. May offer useful foil to Sophie Lewis's heady and often vaguely expressed theories. • Argues the modern "feudal" family arose alongside the Fr. Revolution when children demanded state support. Rather than offer it, the state displaced it into the household, establishing a mini feudal lord in the patriarch, conscripting women to 24/7 household and emotional labor. This model was appropriated by the Catholic Church as divinely invented, and can be seen today in Focus On The Family affiliates. In WWII 'fascist feudalism' conscripted women outside the home, while keeping labor the same inside the home. Birth rates plummeted. Today, a minority of people continue living within this family unit, some feudally, others with an ideal notion of equity, more frequently seen as attained in practice by men than by women. Cuba has just drafted a Family Code; Fraad promised to cover it in forthcoming episode, did not.Cites 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 by 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 and 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 by 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘁. Seems to assume a level of stupidity on the part of audience on certain points, and omniscience on others. Overall