Social Norms Evolve

Social norms changed to reflect the superior status of females and the inferior status of males in the Post-Patriarchal Era.

For example, by the the fourth decade of the 21st Century, females objectified males sexually. Females made passes at pretty boys. Ogling attractive males and whistling at them was commonplace.

On the other hand, chivalry returned in the Post-Patriarchal Era and the gentlewomen in society typically acted with deference to the laddies. For example, a gentlewoman would hold a door open for a laddy or give up her seat to a laddy on public transportation.

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Makeup of a Male, Circa 2025

By the quarter-century mark, females had completely abandoned the use of cosmetics. However, males (like the pretty laddy pictured below) took up the slack and used a huge array of cosmetics to makeup their faces.

Mis William "Willi" Burns , Circa 2025

   

Masculine Do

A Breck Boy

By the end of the 2030s, boys were sporting very masculine hairdos in a vast array of lengths, styles, and colors. Meanwhile, most women preferred short cropped haircuts.

Language Evolution

As the social order evolved in the Post-Patriarchal Era, the language also evolved reflecting the changes in society. The following excerpt from the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 19th Edition, published in 2038, highlights some of the changes.

Menswear, 2025

The mid-2020s was a watershed period for male fashions in the Post-Patriarchal Era.

Whereas some males still tended to wear clothing influenced by womenswear, like the lad in the pantsuit on the left, more males began embracing the masculine styles that designers introduced for the "new distaff" side of the population, like the pleated mini-caftan worn by the fellow on the right .

  

Senior Male, Circa 2030

Mrs. Madison "Freddi" DuBois

Most males, who were born and raised in the Patriarchal Era reluctantly accepted the "New Masculinity" of the Post-Patriarchal Era because in the new woman's world, it was clear that the old masculinity was gone with the wind.