An article read by the author of this essay claims that Larry Summers’ 2005 resignation from Harvard, following controversial comments about gender differences in science, marked the start of “woke” culture. It argues women cancelled him through emotional appeals rather than logic. The essay’s “Great Feminization” thesis posits that cancel culture and “wokeness” are phenomena arising from increased female presence in institutions.

https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/