The End of Men, Hanna Rosin
The End of Men, Hanna Rosin
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The End of Men
And the Rise of Women

Author: Hanna Rosin

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/11/2012

Synopsis

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.

About Hanna Rosin

Hanna Rosin is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she first reported on “the end of men.” A founder of DoubleX, Slate’s women’s section, she has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, The New Republic, and The Washington Post, among others, and is the recipient of a 2010 National Magazine Award. She is also the author of a previous book, God’s Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America. Rosin lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and their three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Roxane on September 16, 2012

This is a curious, curious book. It is certainly well written and researched but the argument is extremely unconvincing because it is so very selective. More than once, Rosin claims, for example, that sexual assault rates are lower than ever. She also says this angers feminists as if feminists want......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 18, 2012

As many other comments have already noted, this book is short-sighted. The first problem is that Rosin is really relying on antiquated gender binaries to define the roles of heterosexual men and heterosexual women. She ignores the contributions of the LGBTQ community as though they haven't factored......more

Goodreads review by wade on September 27, 2012

I think that the reviewers in general have been a little tough on Ms. Rosin. Its funny to me that this website is exactly what Ms. Rosin it talking about. Look at the people who are trying to win books. Even the books with male oriented themes - a large majority that try to win them are women. I tea......more

Goodreads review by Jared on October 21, 2012

I can imagine that this is a great book for starting arguments. I can also imagine that lots of people wouldn’t want to wait until finishing the book to let the argument begin. All through reading it, I kept wanting to tap the author on the shoulder and say, “but wait a minute! Here’s what I think.”......more

Goodreads review by Kate on October 25, 2012

The is a frustrating book. Rosin is a journalist, not a social scientist, and the shifting gender roles she's elucidating really deserve a more rigorous analysis. (The plural of anecdote is not data, but we know that already.) It's an easy read (and it's fun getting dirty looks on the train from peop......more

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