Feminism: The End Of Men

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?