1) To what extent do you agree with Rosin's hypothesis that women are taking over modern society? Give examples in your response.
I agree to some extent, in today's society it is true that women are slowly taking over but I doubt that women will take over, it's more likely that there would be a balance between the two genders. 40,000 more women than men applied to university (in
many universities, women currently outnumber men) and the more graduated an individual is the more likely they are to get a higher paid job (which is stereotypically 'men' jobs) so in that sense women are taking over modern society. However, some of the most powerful jobs in the world is being part of the Government, most of the politicians interviewed were men, and most of
the bankers interviewed were men, and most of the lawyers interviewed were men and most people conducting the interview were most likely men so in that sense women aren't near to taking over, some parliaments have 10 women.
2) Can we find examples in modern media that support Rosin's suggestion that women are taking charge? You may wish to argue the opposite - that men still dominate the media scene.
One of the most important people within a country (the Government) are heavily covered by media globally and as stated in question one, most parliaments have men dominating with very few women, however in less important roles such as film roles a lot of women are found 'sexy' and 'attractive' when being represented alternatively e.g. smoking, wearing jeans and leather biker jackets, this could be an example of women taking charge, they aren't sticking to their stereotypical female role.
3) Research Judith Butler's approach to feminism. How might Butler respond to Rosin's writing in The End of Men?
- Was the Twitter boycott an appropriate response to the online threats prominent women were receiving?
In my opinion it was pretty much a pointless approach, it was only done for a day and wasn't a big event, it was just a few influential celebrities and possibly a few hundred fans of theirs who didn't tweet for a day but most likely continued the next day which is pointless, it didn't affect anyone apart from those who decided not to use the site for a day and for many people,like myself, didn't even know about the Twitter boycott.
- Should Twitter have done more in response to those threats?
Twitter is an incredibly large site and therefore cannot be monitored by every individual tweet, Twitter had given a formal apology to those who have fallen victim to the threats but I guess that Twitter could do more, they've added the option of a report button of tweets and as soon as they receive reports of a tweet they could have someone monitor the tweeter and view their previous tweets and then ban them from using the site.
- Should young women in 2013 take an interest in feminism? Do young women need to 'reclaim' feminism?
I think that we are approaching a post-feminist world but we haven't reached there yet so yes some (not all) young women would need to reclaim feminism before all the work done by feminist before them goes to nothing, it's possible to go backwards especially when some old-fashion traditionalist's still exist today e.g. Australian PM. There are still some inequality within the world, Parliament has very few women MP's, work pay is also at times lower for women than men and also many jobs within society are considered gender specific and jobs which are usually male dominant have very few women and judge women who attempt such jobs (e.g. stereotypical builders).
- Why has the internet been effective in feminist campaigns?
The internet can easily connect one feminist to millions of others, they can host events/protests quickly and share each others experiences online and can be a place for help and advice for many feminist who are receiving some sort of abuse which can lead to a large group of feminist help fight back the abuse and get it recognised as well as get feminist campaigns recognised.
- What is your opinion on page 3 of the Sun still featuring a half-naked young woman in 2013?
In some sense it's giving women the power to 'control' men and allow women to feel more independent and comfortable with who they are and what their bodies look like however the page is there to 'entertain' and 'please' males which then may cause certain males to objectify women and find them there for their sexual pleasure which can lead to women being given abuse and harassed. But even if this page was removed, there are other ways to grab a hold of some sort of images of half naked young women e.g. internet pornography which is going to be more graphic and could objectify women even more as just a sexual pleasure, getting rid of page three won't affect anyone much as there are much more graphic and explicit content online and in films. Page three compared to content online is nothing much, if anything page three is less graphic and explicit than what is shown in films and therefore isn't a big deal and could allow women to feel more independent and comfortable with who they are.
