Feminism: the end of man?

To what extent do you agree with Rosin's hypothesis that women are taking over modern society? Give examples in your response. 

To an extent you can say Rosin's hypothesis that women are taking over this modern society in the 2013. As there are many backed arguments for this statement. For an example, 100's of years ago or so women weren't allowed to do as much as men obviously. Men were the 'workers' and women had to stay at home to look after the children and do house duties. But now statistics have backed this statement up because "most children born to women under 30 are born to single mothers: women now earn nearly 60 per cent of college degrees in America: and, for the first time in US history, the balance of the workforce has tipped towards women". This clearly shows that hard working women who want to do well in there life and take a step forward are being shown, and this shows how they're gradually taking over this modern society.
Further more it states how "40,000 more women than men applied to university and women currently outnumber men." The current figures show that since the economic crisis there are three unemployed men to every two women. And that women's earnings have risen 44% compared to a measly 6% of men. This evidently shows how women are doing better than men in this society.

However the drawback to this statement is that these are just a few statistics of 'outnumbering men'. In the UK one man said that If she put on the TV now most of the politicians interviewed were men, and most of the bankers interviewed were men, and most of the lawyers interviewed were men. She might also notice that most of the people interviewing them were men. But In my opinion, that is only on some news channels in the UK. The weather reporters include women, BBC news reports include women and excluding the political area in the music industry women are doing far better than men. An e.g Adele  who is number 1 and outnumbered men! In the article against this statement it states "she has very little to say about the fact stressed in most studies of gender in the US workforce: namely that women's pay still lags far behind that of men, across the board, with women's salaries averaging 20% less than those of their male counterparts.This is evidently showing that men are earning way more than women, so technically they are not taking over the modern society. But in my opinion I feel they're working twice as hard to earn the wages they can do. The article further says "The world doesn't flip upside down overnight, Men have been in charge for 40 thousand years, and women have started edging them for about forty." This shows that men have taken the lead.

Can we find examples in modern media that support Rosin's suggestion that women are taking charge? 


U.S Department of Labor, women make up 51% of management, professional and related occupations, at Fortune 500 companies, account for 2% of the CEOS. 15.6% of corporate officers and 14.6% of the board of directors. 

Women are challenge as stereotypes 'negatively'. For an example, they are immune to be expected or seen as sitting at home looking after their children. However, examples that prove women are taking in charge by a women called 'Margaret Thatcher' who was Britain's first prime minister (female) she is an inspiration to many here still such as feminist who believe they can be fully involved in politics and get there name heard. And other examples are there are currently priministers who are females across the globe such as Bangladesh.

Judith Butler's approach to feminism

He believes that traditional feminists are wrong to divide society into 'men' and 'women' and says gender is not biologically fixed (expected to be like that). By dividing men and women, feminists accidentally reinforce the idea of differences between the two genders. Butler believes gender roles are a 'performance' and that male and female behavior is socially constructed rather than the result of biology. (people view it as the same).

Feminism: essential reading

Was the twitter boycott an appropriate response to the on-line threats prominent women were receiving? 

Twitter is used by millions of people worldwide, with more than 554,750,000 active users. 135,000 are signing up on twitter daily and with an average of 58 million tweets per day! With thousands of woman not using twitter for a day, it must not have made a huge difference if they wanted there voices heard they should have not used twitter for more than a few weeks.. This would've made a huge difference, because it is bringing on-line threats and it's raising the awareness they want to show!

Should twitter have done more in response to those threats?

In the article it states: "But what remains is the simple and essential fact: right now it's possible to threaten rape and kill women online without any consequences. Behavior can and does change. When 'Lord McAlpines successfully sued prominent tweeters for libel, Twitter woke up a bit." In the article it further states that "The boycott has already worked, Because Twitter (the company) is nervy and watching it's back.In my opinion I feel Twitter could have done something if the threats were major, for example if they really wanted to be heard they would've not used twitter for a longer- period of time. Then it's right if twitter responds because this is showing how much they want to be heard. Therefore I don't feel Twitter should have done more in response to those threats.

Should young women in 2013 take an interest in feminism? Do young women need to 'reclaim' feminism? 

Feminism means the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men! In the article it states 'women should not be subject to rape and death threats'. Which is true they shouldn't be subject to that, and as women are not physically powerful as men this is taken advantage off. But as the question raised is whether or not young women currently should take an interest in feminism, I agree they should. If a women wants to do something different from how they are stereo typically viewed us they should. Without having raised eyebrows or people telling them not to. If a woman doesn't want to get married and wants to have a successful job like any many does they should have the right to do so. Taking an interest in feminism is useful as this gives a new point-of-view on society, when eliminating old assumptions about why things are the way they are, and looking at it from the perspective that women are not inferior and men are not 'the norm'- typical pattern & expected. 

Why has the internet been effective in feminist campaigns? 

The internet has been effective in the feminist campaigns as the social media lets women share their experiences faster and wider than ever, and that is fueling a new 'highly personal mass movement.' For example, in the article it stated that they did a picture-based storytelling, and marketing professionals are using it as a case study already. It further states that In a world without Facebook, that idea would live and die in a few 'radical' magazines. Now, it gets shared and imitated round the world. Internet has been effective as the social media is about sharing your personal experiences, and this can reach out to thousands or millions of people and your voice can be heard. If it seems important people can stand with you and there can be actions!

What is your opinion on page 3 of the sun still featuring a half-naked young woman in 2013? 

I feel it shouldn't be featured on the newspaper at all! It is firstly a disturbing sight to see for the young boys who go to school. Even though they may not read the newspaer, but as there parents may buy it they can easily notice the image on page-3. This is effects the childs mind at a young age, and will think of women being represented in that kind of way. Moreover, in the article it stated how a women saw the image of this centuries women and felt bad and pressured that she needs to look like that too. This can strongly discourage fellow people, and have a bad impact. There is no need to have an image like that on a British newspaper, it should be an option if people want to see imagery like that they can watch it somewhere else! But it shouldn't be publicly sold like that!