TFP: Have America's Institutions Become Overly Feminized?

I don't know, but it's a plausible hypothesis.

If you're serious about it, infer testable consequences from that hypothesis. And test them.

Here's a little story about philosophy, FWIW:

When I got to grad school, Q&As after talks were verbal combat--and the Carolina department was known for being particularly combative.

Departmental feminists eventually started complaining about it, and I pooh-poohed their concerns.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, I responded.

Also, I was really good at the combat...so...who wants to give that up?

Eventually I got sucked into the Peirce vortex...and, partially for that reason, came to agree with the feminists--though I was already stationed elsewhere.

Eventually, I started convincing people here that the (overly) combative model was not the best way to find the truth.

Independently, philosophy in general seemed to move in the same direction--maybe for good reasons, maybe for feminist reasons, I don't know.

Anyway, I think the change was good.

However...

Now philosophy has gone PC mad. It's less combative...but it's also a loony swamp of woke nonsense. Or has been for quite some time. But I basically don't pay attention to the fads anymore, as it's too repulsive and angrifying. I used to try checking in on places like the Daily Nous...but it was just too damn depressing.

Now...one hypothesis would be that the arc went from too masculinized to too feminized...that would be a fairly neat explanation...

But to figure out whether it's actually true, we'd still have to test the hypothesis that political correctness / woketarianism is feminine, and that it's feminization that led us to our current (or recent) loathsome predicament.