Take Heart Men, the End is in Sight

Readers,
     "The End of Men." That is the ominous title of a article written for The Atlantic. From what I could see in the first couple of sentences we saw during class, it looked like an interesting topic to blog about. What I did not realize, and is now abundantly clear after reading both the article and some of the comments, is that what we just mentioned in class is actually an absolutely nuclear topic.
     The article is long, so hopefully I can sum it up. The author, Hanna Rosin, was writing about the upward trend of women in the workplace. She made points about "role-reversal" between men and women, and hinted that perhaps the age of male dominance is coming to an end. And with a larger, and perhaps most important point, she begged the question "What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?"
    Upon seeing this, I asked the obvious question to myself "If this article had been written by a man, about men, how radically different would the reception have been?" I can only assume it would be riotous. If a man started claiming that men are better suited to higher level jobs simply because that is the way things are looking, he would be eaten alive. Everyone, men and women, would descend on him with fury. They would most likely call him a pig and a sexist. But a woman who writes that women seem to be better suited is seen as a progressive and productive person. The reason this is the case, I think, is that this IS a male dominated society. As a male, claiming males are superior is easy when you are sitting comfortably on the top, so it's offensive to make a statement when the world is striving so hard for equality. A women would be allowed to make these claims, because when you're not the dominating demographic, saying that you would be better on top is completely expected.
     However, the next thing I thought of was much more large-scale, as well as frightening. The article was not trying to vie for the equality of men and women. Ms. Rosin was trying to show that women may be better suited for the modern world, and that a complete role-reversal was charging it's way towards us. One that would see men as inferior to women. Where families would be disappointed with male sons, and men becoming "the new ball and chain." Rosin claimed that America seemed to be on a trend towards a female-dominated society, with women calling all the shots, while the men fall further and further behind. Women everywhere, feminist or not, might mark that as a screaming victory, but it can't possibly be what we should strive for. People have been fighting for years for equality, not simply switching roles. That would not be any better at all.
     Finally was the thing I noticed about the writing of both the article and the comments on it. EVERYONE, without exception and including the author, spoke of the genders as a whole. Rosin was endlessly asking if women were more suited than men, and the comments kept arguing their sex was better. They were always pointing out flaws that men had, or things that women did wrong. And I think this was a huge mistake made by the author. It's ridiculous to write an article that provocative and start claiming that women on the whole are better suited for the modern age than men on the whole. So let me be the one to call her out on being a sexist. There are plenty of dumb men and women out there, believe me I've met my fair share of both. Neither will ever be more suited than the other, despite what the trends say. You might even go so far as to say that they are equal, but to read the article and the comments you'd think that no one had ever even heard the word before.
    So I leave you with a question, Readers, do you see a female-dominated society at hand? Or is equality finally here?