...The End of Men Casper Pedersen 2.a Men have always been the dominant force in western society both economically and politically. Most top jobs belong to men and the majority of the world’s influential politicians are male, such as Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin and the Chinese president Hu Jintao. Because of this male dominance, men have led the way of culture and society for ages. But all of this may be about to change in our postindustrial era. In her article, “The End of Men” from the magazine The Atlantic, July/August 2010, Hanna Rosin argues that woman are in fact well on the way of taking over the role as the dominant cultural force. But is she right when she proclaims “The End of Men”? Hanna Rosin builds up her article in order to convince her readers that women are playing an increasingly influential role in society and are ultimately replacing men’s status as the dominant sex. She does this by referring to developments in the job market, in education and politics and in the pop industry. In all these important fields she sees a tendency towards female power. Her argument is initially built on facts, “Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same” (ll. 1-3). These facts speak to the reader’s intellect and builds up a trustworthiness, so that the reader feels that Rosin is right in pointing out...
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...The End of Men In a modern society, it seems like no people worry about what gender their kids are. If you remember, it's not a long time ago since historical clashes have been seen, because of so many parents' preference for man. Men have always been seen as the strongest gender since the beginning of mankind, it's a fact we know straight from scriptures, laws and myths. Numbers of women have laid down their lives because of the dominating power men always had. “The End of Men“, an article by Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, July/August 2010 is focusing on the balance of power between genders. Already from the start Rosin attracts attention with the title: “The End of Men“. It's an overwhelming and fascinating title and that's just the ticket. From the beginning the article gives food for thought. Rosin begins the article asking the question: “What if modern, post-industrial society is simply better suited to women?“ So from the beginning you see that she engages the reader all the time asking questions. This implies that you as a reader throughout the article make up your opinion about what you are told. A report is saying that women are becoming the majority of the workforce and that most managers are now women too, and that is not all, because the report is also saying that for every two men who gets a college degree this year, three women are doing the same. Rosin is very convincing because she makes use of facts and numbers. These facts will have big cultural consequences...
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...The article "The End of Men" was written by Hanna Rosin, a noted English journalist, who among others has written for The New Yorker. " She has several times written about women's equality, and she is also cofounder of a woman's website. The text is an article published in "The Atlantic" in 2010. In the article Hanna Rosin mentions the increasing number of women, not just in the labor market in general, but particularly in dedicated management posts. She also refers to women's increasing pride in their own sex, and how more and more parents who can choose, choose to get a girl. She writes this article on the basis of a new study that now shows that women are in majority in the labor market for the first time in U.S. history. The reader or recipient of this Article is all people but perhaps especially the women themselves, as they may see that a new era is starting for them and therefore they should not be afraid to stand by their gender. Hanna Rosin starts the article by asking some questions to the reader. In these matters summarizes and presents she thought what the rest of the article will be about, and she gives the reader something to think about. The questions are both logos and pathos inspired as they both get the reader intellectually evaluating simultaneous emotional involvement in the article. The opening is also very dramatic when she finishes with the phrase "A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way – and its vast cultural consequences”. After...
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...”The End of Men” by Hanna Rosin Hanna Rose is an American female journalist. The article “The End of Men”, written by Hanna, focuses on women overtaking a world that used to be based on a social system where only men knew the better way to a brighter and richer future. Rosin uses over one page to describe how couples prefer girls over boys. In the beginning Hanna Rosin underlines one important thing: “For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality.” And she is right. For many years women just wanted to be able to do the same things as men. We wanted to work, we wanted to vote and most of all we wanted to live our lives without being suppressed by a male dominant. But times change, and now it is something different which drives women. On the one hand, she introduces Ronald Ericsson, which is an old biologist and cowboy, and his point of view. He says things like “He’s the boss” and “Breakfast at five-thirty, in the saddle by six, no room for Mr. Limp Wrist”, which I interpret as a gentle kind of male chauvinist thing to say. On the other site in this discussion, is Hanna Rose. She actually manages to convince an old cowboy, and makes him disagree with his own previous thoughts. Like for example: “These mothers look at their lives and think their daughters will have a bright future their mother and grandmother didn’t have, brighter than their sons, even, so why wouldn’t you choose a girl?”. Ericsson also tells about his highly qualified granddaughter while...
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...The End of Men The end of men means that the ”era of testosterone” has ended to quote the Prime Minister of Iceland. Back in the day, when the workdays were long and the jobs were hard and tough, like in the working in the mines, fishing and so on, the men were the superior gender as he is the stronger sex. However, today when most of the work done is about service and information the female sex rises and becomes the greater sex. Women are better at economics than men are today, because that is how it is today; women have the qualities that is needed to succeed in today’s society. Now in the States the women is for the first time the majority of the workforce, many middle classed leader roles are women as well, more women get a college degree than men do. Actually, the number is for every two men that gets a college degree three women will get one. In addition, the jobs that were lost during The Great Regression were primarily men that lost their jobs, jobs such as mechanics, construction workers and financial sectors – all men. Today it is easier to succeed, as a woman somehow, because again, they are the superior sex today, their abilities and strengths is what makes you successful in today’s society. Because every boy in high school will get the same, preach: “Don’t crash your car, don’t get a girl pregnant and stay in school!” while girls are raised to be nice, respectful and decent. That is also, why more and more couples prefer to have a girl rather than a boy. In the...
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...The End of Men The end of men is a damaging article for men’s confidence, the way the article is placing cold facts in front of us is a way for women and especially (Hannah Rosin) to gain power in her/their personal life/lives. Everyone knows that if the opposite sex or a rival of yours threatens you, you would do anything to ruin the reputation of your opponent so you can look like a better individual in public. It’s actually a very primitive way of clearing problems in our modern world. But maybe it’s the only way women can touch the dominating sex by attacking us in articles only faceless medias are used to touch us. If it were a face-to-face situation, it would have been more formal because women are weaker than men. The breed of men has always dominated our society, physically and mentally. The physic part is actually scientific proven! Hannah Rosin uses weak argumentation. She hasn’t any analysis and she hasn’t even some confirming facts, this makes the article incredibly untrustworthy. How can she conclude that girls are more desired then boys? And how can Hannah Rosin say that girls is engaging a brighter future, it’s an individual question. She mentions that male dominance is long gone, but I cant personal see that fact. Our society is still dominated and ruled by men. Maybe we have become more equal, but its outrageous that she thinks the power has selected women. The examples she is mentioning where women have gained power and got some high positions in...
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...Essay on “The End of Men” Since the beginning of time, men have been the dominant gender. The so-called patriarchy has been oppressing females and violating their human rights. The late 20th century however has been characterized by the redstockings movement and feminism in general. Now in the 21st century the world is finally starting to meet the demands of the feminists. In her article “The End of Men” from July/August 2010 in ‘The Atlantic’ Hanna Rosin addresses how the world is adjusting to the wave of dominating feminists, and how a matriarchy could be starting to occur. But could this change in the end be “The End of Men”? Rosin sets of her article with statistical facts stating that for every 2 men that achieves a college education, 3 women achieve the same. She uses these facts to prove with logos that equality for women is actually starting to come through, after saying this she asks the rhetorical question: “But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?”(p.1 ,ll 4-5). This rhetorical question could have been the question in Rosin’s head that made her write this article, because the article keeps coming back to this issue. By putting this rhetorical somewhat provoking statement in the beginning of the article, she also catches the reader and set the agenda for the article. Moving on she introduces the reader to the male chauvinist Ronald Ericsson. As Rosin states, Ericsson was the biologist that...
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...“Be sure to check your sources to make sure they are reliable resources” as my High School English teach would constantly remind me. I believe that is important regardless of what level one may be in their writing acumen. In the article, The End of Men, I see that Hanna Rosin have many out dated facts and fails to realize the ever changing world has changing opinions. Rosin should have checked her sources and be more specific with her details, but that would have been to the detriment of her argument. Hanna Rosin makes a claim that the reign of men is over and is no longer dominant in the postindustrial era. Rosin argues the point that women are dominating the workforce and presents statements such as “Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer.” Also, she argues the point that women are dominating the field of education where she mention “ Earlier this year, for the first time in American history, the balance of the workforce tipped toward women, who now hold a majority of the nation’s jobs. The working class, which has long defined our notions of masculinity, is slowly turning into a matriarchy, with men increasingly absent from the home and women making all the decisions.” Another point which Rosin argues is that women are dominating the family and states that in the “1990, the country’s laws were revised so that women could keep custody of their children after a divorce and inherit property...
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...nature of the universe in Aristotle lecture in “Nicomachean Ethics” is the end of in all the things we do, “Therefore, if there is an end for all that we do, this will be the good achievable by action (Aristotle 5). We are uncertain of the end to come because the choices we are to make in life has a different ending to them. Aristotle implication in his lecture are that we may find that end through knowledge of art or particularly, political sciences and desiring to aim at it for the sake of pursing something good. The universe teaches us that the good things to be learned in life starts with known about certain subjects. An end is reached when men performs acts that’s leading to that end. Which is the only way men arriving at any state...
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...Brothers, famous for successful films such as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski,” made a movie together entitled “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” This film, while unique in its setting and a little bit different in the plot, is clearly an adaptation of the ancient classic poem “The Odyssey” by the poet Homer. Even a review by the renowned film critic Roger Ebert states: “O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Homeric journey through Mississippi during the Depression (Ebert, Roger 2000).” The film itself depicts the obstacles and fate of a man during the Great Depression who escapes from jail and whose only goal is to make it back home. The struggles he and his fellow escapees meet along the way are strikingly similar to the perils that face Odysseus and his men on their mission to get back to Ithaca. Also, the character references in the film that parallel the characters in the epic poem are abundant. The film is almost a modern homage to the ancient poem in all the different ways it emulates “The Odyssey.” To fully understand all of the different ways the film relates to the poem, it is important to establish the character comparisons between the two works. The protagonist of the film, Ulysses Everett McGill is the movie’s equivalent to Odysseus, the hero and king of the poem. Even in their names they are related because Ulysses is the Latin name for Odysseus. They are also similar because they both shared the common goal of getting home to their wives. Ulysses and Odysseus are both leaders,...
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...the Athenian and the Spartans, and the women, specifically, Lysistrata, wanted to stop it by seizing Acropolis and refusing sex from all the men in the city. Women during the Peloponnesian war were not expected to end the war, however, in the play, Lysistrata, women had the intelligence and judgment to make political decisions just like men. In the play, Lysistrata’s behavior is not like other women. She likes to stand up for herself and not take orders from anyone. The other women are rather the opposite. They don’t care about anything once the possibility of sex is taken away from them. When she gathered all the women together, she says that “From now on, no more penises for you” (829). What that meant was the plan to end the war was for women to refuse sex from men. They are to stand up for themselves and not give in to their husband’s orders. The other women were not happy with Lysistrata’s plan to end the war, which shows Lysistrata that the other women are not like her, but in the end, the plan worked and the women restored peace to the city. Aristophanes showed both side of women in this play, the stereotypical housewife and the influential, leader type. When Lysistrata says, “I am a woman, but I have a mind that wasn’t bad to start with” (857), she makes the point that she is just as smart as the men in the city. Men and women have always had conflicting differences since the beginning of time and it shows in the play, Lysistrata. When it comes to war, women...
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...grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. In recent years feminism has become an incredibly popular topic of conversation among young people on the internet, and the true message of feminism has been debated over and over again. In the end, it is simply equality for both men and women, just as Google stated. However, people have varying opinions on the place of a woman in the world, and whether or not the feminist movement is valid in a world where women are seemingly equal to men and on the rise to dominance over them. In this research paper I will present the arguments of the Catholic Church through the Catechism and three practicing Christians...
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...How Women Were Affected by World War 2 World War II marked a big turning point for women and their roles in society. Before World War II begun, most women were seen as housewives and stay at home mothers and only that. Of course they filled other jobs and took on other responsibilities, but in most cases it would be men. The culture was that men fit the jobs better and would do a better job, and that wasn’t really questioned very much originally because that is how it had always been. Women were not going to be seen as equals with men in America unless a drastic change was going to occur. That change would have almost had to force women into the workforce and obliged their involvement with American jobs outside of housework. That drastic...
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...notion that female fulfillment lies in the family. For Marxist feminists, the cause of female oppression is rooted in capitalism. They argue that although individual men benefit from women’s subordination, the main beneficiary is capitalism. Women are an unpaid labour force, as unpaid housewives, and have been used in WW1 as a reserve army of labour. This oppression is believed to be maintained by the role women adopt within the capitalist’s system as the unpaid homemaker in the family. Women are conceived that this unpaid role is natural and normal, through the ideology of ‘familism’ that promotes female fulfillment as achieved through motherhood intimacy and sexual satisfaction. Marxist feminists believe that in order to end female subordination, we must overthrow capitalism as well as the ideology of familism. This would free the sexes from restrictive family roles and ensure that domestic labour was shared equally. Strengths of Marxist feminists include the fact that they have demonstrated the power of structural factors, such as capitalism and ideology in constructing an explanation for women’s subordination. However, Marxist feminists have been criticised for failing to explain women’s subordination in non-capitalist societies. Marxist feminism also places insufficient emphasis on the way in which men (including WC men) and not just capitalism, oppress and benefit from their unpaid labour. Marxist feminist Michelle Barrett (1980) argues that the role ideology plays in convincing...
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...In the civil war there were people that wanted to fight so bad that they dressed as if they were a white male in his 30’s. Why did they do this? Who did this? It was all ages, ethnic groups, and even genders. The biggest reason that people believed that they did it was “because they wanted to show that they were just as good as the white men.” This is not the true reason for everyone fighting. Everyone seems to think that the Union was fight for what they thought way right but they were really fighting for reasons closer to their hearts. There were thousands of reasons for them to fight. They could have said it was there calling, what they need to do for their future, or just got drafted, but instead there were three really big reasons for...
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