I don’t think Carolla is saying women should learn more about history because it would make them more “masculine”. (In fact I’ve never before in my life heard anyone suggest knowledge of any kind of history was a “masculine” trait. That actually sounds incredibly dumb to me.)
I think Carolla was simply suggesting that women should take it upon themselves to become more knowledgeable…hence “pick up a textbook every once in a while”…as opposed to one of the “279” women’s magazines that all feature the “same junk” that “really just breeds envy.”
I find it strange that you could miss that point. (Unless of course you were simply looking for a way to refute Carolla/ take him down a notch. Then it would be understandable as to how you might reach so far to mischaracterize his suggestion that way. You wouldn’t happen to be one of the women he’s talking about, would you?)