The End of Men : And the Rise of Women (Hardcover)

from janw

Rosin made an excellent for the decline of "cardboard" men and the rise of "plastic" women although I really dislike those terms. Most of the assertions were well documented but I really dislike the use of television shows as examples of cultural acceptance or trends. When has television represen...

from wbc3

Hanna Rosen's book was all over the news a few months ago when it came out. It draws heavily from a couple of Atlantic articles she wrote (The End of Men, July/August 2010 and Boys on the Side, August 2012). The basic premise is that women are becoming the dominant force in everything from busine...

from rivkat

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 ...

from starboard

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 th...

from m4marya

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 thei...