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    The End of Men: And the Rise of Women

    Written by Hanna Rosin

    Narrated by Laural Merlington

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    Men have been the dominant sex since, well, the dawn of mankind. And yet, as journalist Hanna Rosin discovered, that long-held truth is no longer true. At this unprecedented moment, women are no longer merely gaining on men; they have pulled decisively ahead by almost every measure. Already "the end of men" - the phrase Rosin coined - has entered the lexicon as indelibly as Simone de Beauvoir's "second sex," Betty Friedan's "feminine mystique," Susan Faludi's "backlash," and Naomi Wolf's "beauty myth" have.

    This landmark, once-in-a-generation book will take its place alongside the works of those authors, forever changing the way we talk about men and women and what happens between them. Rosin reveals how the new world order came to be, and how it is dramatically shifting dynamics in every arena and at every level of society, with profound implications for marriage, sex, children, work, and more. With wide-ranging curiosity and insight unhampered by assumptions or ideology, Rosin shows how the radically different ways men and women today earn, learn, spend, couple up - even kill - have turned the big picture upside down, not just in the United States but all over the world. And in The End of Men she helps us to see how both men and women can adapt to the new reality and channel it for a better future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 11, 2012
    ISBN9781469231815
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    The End of Men: And the Rise of Women
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    Hanna Rosin

    HANNA ROSIN is a senior editor at The Atlantic and author of the definitive book on the decline of men and maleness in modern society, The End of Men.

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    • 2/5
      LibraryThing Early Reviewers book. I think the other reviewers have provided sufficient synopses so I won't go into that. I wanted to like this book but there were things that bothered me. The author backed up her arguments with sweeping generalizations, anecdote, and statistics. Several of her generalizations were stated in repetition in different chapters. Hopefully this is just an editing issue. I was also a bit relieved to get to the end of the book and find references. Hopefully these will be referenced in as footnotes. The final chapter dealing with Korean women was also oddly out of place. If you're going to go global, discuss several countries. Finally, the title and cover: it's too sensationalized and attention-seeking and doesn't accurately reflect the content of the book.
    • 4/5
      Can one review this book without making a political statement? The previous reviewer says that it is "a terrible book" and cites a whole raft of links to others who agree with her. I don't agree with her: I don't think this is a terrible book. Indeed I think it is a moderately interesting presentation of some broad demographic trends that have been going on in the US for some time. Women are becoming better educated compared to men than they used to be, not just relatively but absolutely. Women are making up a larger percentage of the professions (at least up to a certain level), and women are moving into some job areas that used to be men's work. And, less positively, more and more women are opting for single motherhood -- as in most wealthy countries. To extend these trends to "The End of Men", however, is carrying the arguement way too far. Statistical evidence shows that even if some women in some places are narrowing the pay gap, women as a whole are not. And women are taking in more of the burden of child rearing than they did in the past, when they worked less. Moreover, some of the relative economic shifts that Ms. Rosen notes probably have more to do with cyclical developments (a bad recession that slammed construction) than with any sort of gender regime shift.Given the continued pay gap, and the continued lack of female representation at the top of most organizational pyramids, Ms. Rosin's title looks way overblown. Some of her critics may fear that her arguments give comfort to those who say, for example, that affirmative action for women is not needed. It is always tempting to dismiss arguments entirely if parts of those arguments are suspect. It is particularly tempting when some of the political implications of the argument go in directions that are troubling to, for example, feminists. (As an old feminist who spent a career in Wall Street, I have trouble with the end of men view -- there, I knew I couldn't review this book without making a political statement).But the book is still worth reading. Women are improving their relative position, gradually, and this is a trend with social implications that deserve consideration. By taking (at least in her title) an extreme view, Ms. Rosin has certainly cranked up discussion of the topic of how social and economic roles are changing. That's a contribution.
    • 5/5
      [The End of Men and the Rise of Women] by [[Hanna Rosin]]We've all watched employment/unemployment trends and the effect of the end of the Industrial Age with interest and, some, with fear.  Rosin focuses on the idea that strength and brawn are no longer necessary in the new technological age, and that people skills are more valuable.  That means specifically, that with service and information being the current commodity, social intelligence, open communication and an ability to sit still and focus have increased in importance as employment and valuable work skills.  These are all areas in which women equal and often excel over men in skill.While reading the first part of the book, I felt sad, as the mother of a man, the wife of a man, and the daughter of a man.  It was rather depressing seeing the statistics about men no longer getting as much formal education as women.  The unemployment during this vast social shift may have hit men the hardest as far as self image goes.  Because our gender split society has valued men as money makers and women as bodies, (sometimes symbolized by a dollar sign and a Barbie doll), when they lose this money making function, they may and indeed have been, cast aside in some cases.  If they aren't bringing home an income, what is their purpose?  Many haven't yet become skilled in the functions of homemaking or child raising, which are needed by their families as their wives become the major breadwinners.However, don't become discouraged - keep reading!  There is a happy ending for most.  Just as many women have struggled to learn how better to be competitive and function at higher levels as executives, as well as letting go of some of their possessiveness as mothers and letting dads move in more, men have also risen to their challenges.  They are learning that letting go of some of the more negative aspects of the macho culture can pay off in deeply emotionally fulfilling roles as fathers and nurturers, as well as partners in marriages.  Both men and women are becoming more fulfilled, better adjusted, and less stressed people.Rosin traces this pattern by examining current day marriages, the struggles of making adjustments, and the rewards of this newer model.  She explores how these changes are taking place worldwide by closely examining this phenomenon in Korea and other countries.  This new and deeper sharing of both the instrumental as well as expressive functions of working and parenting is paying off financially both for individual couples AND whole countries.  Companies taking advantage of more women in their higher ranks are finding themselves prospering as they become more creative and innovative.When I was teaching gender identity development, I emphasized how sexism hurts men, because there has been much written already about how it hurts women. Most people can easily answer the question of how sexism hurts women.  This is a great book that shows not only how sexism has hurt women, but how devastating it has also been for men, and how we are all benefitting from our new movement toward equality.Although this book covers some complicated research and complicated issues, it is very readable - a great read in fact.  It is full of personal stories that illustrate the research presented.  I highly recommend it.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed reading "The End of Men". I thought it was well-written and served as the thought-provoker I think Rosin intended. I'm not completely convinced that women have made it as far as she reports but I do see examples of the phenomena she covers in my sector of the world. I would recommend this book to others.

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    • 4/5
      I found this book fascinating, even if the ideas behind it go against other well documented research and statistics. I was a bit distracted in my reading as the media world took on her book. All in all, it was nice to read a book that spoke to the plight of women in the workforce today, from their success to their struggles.
    • 2/5
      It is an interesting topic but I didn't feel that the book was very rigorously researched. There were may sweeping generalizations. I felt unsatisfied by the lack of depth.
    • 5/5
      I won this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.This is a most thought-provoking book, one that's meant to be read and widely discussed - it is a serious research-based effort that evaluates how our society has changed in a remarkably small amount of time, not a man-bashing diatribe. In some quarters this book is being unfairly panned and it appears those critics did not even crack open the book before deciding it lacks merit.The End of Men starts with an economic argument: that women are better at adapting in this economy and thus reaping the rewards while men lag behind. Based on the statistics Rosin cites, women comprise well more than half of the workforce, and these days women are outpacing men in just about every aspect of our society - in the United States and in many other parts of the world.For instance, women are also performing better in school while male college enrollment and matriculation continue to decline. These factors, in turn, have a profound effect on marriage, the workplace, family life, etc. More and more women are marrying later or opting out of marriage altogether (although they do choose to have children), particularly among the working class.Meanwhile, we've had recessions, the housing crisis, and a steady loss of manufacturing and other blue-collar jobs that typically employed men. The classic work we associate with men such as construction and factory work have dried up.Is this why we have the angry white male we hear about in the media? It seems that these issues would definitely be a factor as men see their jobs/livelihoods fade away. Rosin also notes that the demands of the new economy - which rewards social intelligence and the ability to sit still and listen - favor women over men.But the book is not all hopeless - while Rosin cannot fully explain why women have forged ahead so strongly she does cite examples of men who have changed with the times. For example, men whose wives outearn them and who are adapting to this new world - while they admit it's not always easy, these men are leading a real change in the family dynamic.As we move forward, will more men gravitate to traditionally female jobs? Men seem to be reluctant to take jobs traditionally associated with women. But women are part of the problem because many of them still look askance at men in "untraditional" roles. Rosin does not try to offer any pat answers, and if anything, this book could be a great springboard to discuss some of these issues: why do gender roles still seem so ingrained in our society? Are our schools not serving men, and if not, what should we do? Highly recommended reading.
    • 5/5
      I think that previous reviewers are faulting Ms. Rosin for things that she is not attempting to accomplish. The basic theme of the book is that women are becoming more aggressive and are taking advantage of opportunities presented to them (Mostly good but sometimes bad - crime) She also speaks rightly about how women are many times eager to get into jobs that had been traditionally dominated by men - but men refuse for the most part to enter fields like nursing, education etc. (growth areas of employment) while they wait and hope their old factory jobs come back. I think the book was a nice mix of statistics and personal anecdotes that make it very readable. Not to sure about the need for the chapter on South Korean women but otherwise the book thought provoking in many areas (Affirmative action for men at private colleges today to try to get close to gender balance and women postponing marriage because the men they meet would just be another mouth to feed) Granted, she does make some wide reaching assertions some of which are with limited data. But the overall thrust of her thesis I see every day as a (male) college teacher. In general, the women are better prepared, more motivated and have much greater focus on their goals than the men. So I think this is a valuable book and should be read as it talks about a major upheaval in gender relationships.

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    • 4/5
      Free LibraryThing early reviewer copy. The part behind the colon is only halfway accurate—Rosin is generally quite sensitive to the idea that big changes in the economy, in the US and the world, are changing gender relations in ways that aren’t zero-sum. Her basic thesis, again focused on the US with some comparative bits (including a chapter on “Asia” that is really a chapter on South Korea), is that women have been more flexible than men in response to tectonic social and economic changes. Women have entered the workforce, retrained for new jobs, gotten college degrees; meanwhile, men have been much less willing to change, whether that’s to do more child care or to enter historically feminized job categories like nursing where there’s job growth. As a result, women are more likely to decide that they don’t need a man who is neither a provider nor a homemaker, the basic reasoning being “I already have X kids, I don’t need X+1”—and even when X = 0, women are busy trying to establish themselves and don’t necessarily want to spend the time tending to a relationship that could otherwise be spent on career or school. While Rosen mentioned the theorists of “innate” male and female qualities, she repeatedly pointed out just how much socialization mattered, as evidenced by the rapid change we’ve seen recently. And for upper-class women who can navigate the still-strong bias against aggressive women, there is a cadre of men who are happy to live in new ways, though Rosin includes some accounts of high-flying women who were surprised to find that their partners weren’t among that cadre.While it’s full of provocative statistics and anecdata that certainly spoke to my particular situation, the book could have used a much greater focus on class: it’s not just that manufacturing jobs are disappearing, it’s that lots and lots of jobs are hard to support a family on, and that’s a social choice, not just a phenomenon of lots of individual choices. US politics is also almost absent; while Rosen talks about changes in high-end businesses making it easier for women at the top to raise children, she doesn’t talk about government policy like mandatory leave for new parents. Nor does she discuss government employment, which (at lower levels) has historically been good for women but means the recession has hit them extra hard as states shed employees and (at higher levels) remains male-dominated in the US to the extent that we are still, somehow, talking about whether using contraception is your employer’s business. The “rise of women” has a long way to go, especially as long as it is framed as a comparative one. Red Families, Blue Families would be a good book to read this one to emphasize that, while Rosin does look at women and men across the economic spectrum, the meanings and long-term implications of these changes may be very different across that spectrum.
    • 1/5
      This is just another manual on how to destroy anything that was once held sacred including masculine men. Those who run the so called feminist movement hijacked the original movement and replaced the truly strong women who wanted equality in the public forum yet also knew that for a home to run properly that the man is the spiritual leader while both the husband and wife are partners in all else. The ones that replaced them are akin to the women of the Nazi party. They are a militant hate filled group bent on the utter destruction of the historical man and family and replace it with what has already proven to be a faulty and weak system simply because they say so and anyone who doesn't agree with their skewed ideas are either sexist or racist or both yet they are the ones with whom the venom of hatred spews. The feminazis do nothing to help their so called cause. They only hinder what was once a Nobel cause
    • 3/5
      The topic is certainly interesting. Strangely, though, Ms. Rosin seems to disclaim being deliberately provocative - for instance, she ends the introduction with "For the moment, all I can say for sure is: There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are." That said, I interpreted a common theme in the chapters: women are grafting both positive and negative aspects of masculinity onto themselves while men become passive non-entities. Kind of depressing, actually. Of course, I'm not sure how much I believe Ms. Rosin's conclusions. The anecdotal evidence she used just seemed so extreme, full of emotionally twisted workaholic fembots dating - but not marrying! - idle layabout amoeba-men. She referenced various studies in sociology and anthropology and whatnot, but she only seemed to make cursory use of them: quoting single sentences in the end notes for example. By the way, I hate endnotes. Footnotes, publishers, footnotes. Anyway, there wasn't anything that looked to me like data analysis with oomph. Also, the writing style was a cross between conversational and what I can only call "lib arts undergrad term paper", which fairly or not triggers my suspicion that she's making conclusions her data doesn't support.But like I said, it's an interesting topic. I've actually had two women - one a licensed engineer with two children and a stay-at-home househusband - ask me to loan the book to them, "to see if I can see myself in it" they said. May they have better luck than I did, because I sure didn't see myself having much in common with the book's examples of men. Although really that's a good thing: let the best man win, after all.