Women In Hanna Rosin's The End Of Men

In the article titled “Mind over Muscle”, the writer named David Brooks, an American conservative political and cultural commentator, talks about how intelligence has evolved around human history. In his article, he claims that the world is becoming more centered on women, as statistics show that women do better in school when compared to men. What all the examples in the article “Mind Over Muscle” have in common is that they all share the same statistic so that his data and thesis can’t necessarily be denied. The author gives statistics from the Department of Education that refer to education in middle school, high school, and college. The author said “This year, 133 women will graduate from college for every 100 men. By decade's end, according to Department of Education projections, there will be 142 female graduates for every 100 male graduates. Among African-Americans, there are 200 female grads for every 100 male grads.” Females are becoming more dominant over men for education. He chose the evidence in a way that shows that today’s world is all about women and men don’t have their rights as they

Throughout the history of society, women and men both have faced the constricting roles forced upon them, from a young age; each gender is given specific social and cultural roles to play out throughout their lives. Little girls are given dolls and kitchen toys, little boys are given dinosaurs and power tool toys, if one was to step out of this specified role, social conflict would ensue. Contrast to popular belief, sex is a biological construct, and gender is a social construct specifying the roles men and women are to follow to be accepted into society as “normal”. The effects of gender roles have had on women have proved harmful over the decades. Although the woman’s involvement in society has improved throughout the decades,

In the excerpt “Why Do We Make So Much of Gender?”, from his 1997 book The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy, Allan Johnson argues gender through identity and culture. Johnson starts out by expressing opposition on how women are looked at through a patriarchal society and not the biology from which they came. He mentions the feminist argument that women in a patriarchal society are “oppressed” and that this comes from social order (545). He goes on to point out, the focus should be on raising children to adulthood rather than worrying about reproduction. Although, I agree with Johnson’s arguments, there are things in this world that cannot and should not be changed.

hese women from the book “ Women Hollering Creek”, were abused and taken advantage of their own men. Sandra Cisneros explores the stories “Never marry a mexican”, Woman Hollering Creek”, and “One holy night”. The women in this stories made a mistake by being with the wrong men in their life. They became careless when they met their own men. These girls have lost their respect for themselves. They have destroyed their own self, for the guy who never really loves them. No one stood up for their rights as a woman. Love and hate made these women vulnerable.

associated the male gender as being more advantaged. One author was not so direct, but her

When thinking of gender roles in society, stereotypes generally come to mind. Throughout history these stereotypes have only proven to be true. Major historical events have had a huge impact on the way men and women are seen and treated. In this way, women have always been secondary to males and seen as the fragile counterparts whose job is to take care of the household and most importantly, be loyal to her husband no matter the circumstance. Gender roles throughout history have greatly influenced society. The slow progress of woman’s rights throughout humanities led to an explosion of woman’s rights throughout the 20th century and that trend will only continue on into the rest of the 21st century.

Think about how many scientists are male, or even CEOs or world leaders. The majority of these roles is filled with male and not females, just like in Brave New World. Think about the creator of major developments in technology like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, the mass production line or even the telephone. All of these have been fabricated by a male and again not a female. We can see that in our society male dominance is also influenced by technology, just like in Brave New

I'd have to agree with Hanna Rosin on “Men Are Obsolete: Five reasons we are Definitely Witnessing the End of Men”. While she does come off as seeming hostile, her points are still valid and she isn't talking about “Men” as the whole amount of the male population, but rather seems to be targeting the more “chest-beating” types who feel they should be king simply because of the way they were born. As it stands now her points are being demonstrated in the world, or at least in the U.S., men and women are beginning to earn similar wages, there is now a precedent set for stay-at-home husbands and fathers, and there is now a precedent of men demonstrating traits that were, originally, feminine in nature, such as an obsession with bodily appearance

The WHO states that there are three core motivations for engaging in sex determination and sex selection which include “medical reasons such as preventing the birth of children affected or at risk of X-linked disorders; family balancing reasons where couples choose to have a child of one sex because they already have one or more children of the other sex; and gender preference reason often in favor of male offspring stemming from cultural, social, and economic bias in favor of male children and as a result of policies requiring couples to limit reproduction to one child, as in China.” In countries such as India and China, it is apparent that women can be harmed by sex selection

Ever since the beginning of time, gender roles have been set in place. Men are seen as the more dominate species; they are stronger, smarter, more successful, hardworking and are overall just better than women. Men tend to have the upper hand in society while women are seen as less than equal. This can be seen in everyday circumstances whether it being in the work place, or just in society. Men everyday are told they need to be the stronger ones, when it comes to anything, especially emotions, men cannot cry is something they hear since birth.

Women have pushed forward in the struggle for equality. Today women are staples in the professional world. More women are attending college than men as proved in recent studies. Women have outnumbered men on college campuses since 1979, and on graduate school campuses since 1984. More American women than men have received bachelor's degrees every year since 1982. Even here on Haverford's campus, the Admissions Office received more applications from women for early decision candidacy than men for the eighth straight year. The wage gap is slowly decreasing and the fight for proper day care services along with insurance coverage for birth control pills are passionate issues for women across America.

Women are not given the opportunity to pursue something else, as they are put into their roles based on how they look and are not given any other alternative. Men are portrayed as the dominant gender in this aspect as not only do they have the

Already there is an increased pattern of females entering a role statistically and a traditionally occupied by a male. Recently, an article published by Time magazine and

     For many years society has embraced the idea that the difference between men and women were biologically determined. Thou through traditions, media, and peers we act accordingly to how others view us. Each individual has pressure placed upon them based on their gender. Our sex is determined by genetics while our gender is programmed by social customs. Some theories interpret that a women is tender and a loving mother while on the other hand men are aggressive hunters and are the dominant one of the family. People who support this theory seems to believe that men and women are happier when fulfilling the roles nature determined for them. Women are to be nurturing and men are to be providers by

From a historical stand point, it was always assumed that the head of the household was always the male. Today's society have groomed people to believe and expect a man to be brave, industrious and domineering, whereas a woman is suppose to be submissive and nurturing (263). Men have also been raised to believe that their feelings and emotions are suppose to be hidden from others and should be dealt with internally. With creating this society, men will be able to express themselves without ridicule. Men will be able to continue to provide for their families, as well as maintaining a clean image without being labeled as "queer." Men will have an overall promising and positive impact on society by creating a community where children will have positive male figure in their lives. This new type of man, one who is sensitive, caring and not afraid to vent his feelings will still be able to carry the burden of taking care of the household and the children in the event there is absence of the mother. The female and androgynous perception of a man will eliminate the dominance of a male's ego.