Hanna
Rosin’s largest fault in her argument for “The End of Men” is her
oversimplification of an extremely convoluted topic – feminism and the role of
women. The majority of Rosin’s arguments, in my opinion, sound like lofty
statistics showing a weak movement away from gender stereotypes rather than
addressing the actual changes taking place. Men once dominated women because,
no matter how intelligent, talented, or ambitious they might have been, they were
not male. Now, women are rising to the same level as men, and finally it is
because we deserve it, not because we magically changed sex.
Rosin
seems to make light of all the positive changes we have made, and attributes
our success as a sex to the destruction of another. “The End of Men” seems to
be synonymous with “The Beginning of Women,” implying that our sexes are simply
incapable of coexisting. To go along with this theme, I thought the question
Mr. Ogden asked was extremely enlightening: why is feminism and female power
looked at so negatively? Why do we criticize what we have yet to accomplished
rather than celebrating what we have? It is important to note all the negativity
surrounding gender inequality. Yes, we have a long way to go and a lot to overcome
before we can really say we have attained gender equality, but I prefer to
motivate my own fight by reminding myself of all the obstacles women before me
have tackled and conquered.
Equal
pay, however, is always an issue that will always anger me. As the daughter of
a working single mom, it is incredibly difficult to watch her work as hard as
she does and as often as she does with very little reward. The men in her
industry will forever overpower her because, in her words, she “took the mommy
track.” It is normal for my mom to be working under men that are half her age
and have half the experience she has worked so tirelessly to procure just
because she took the time to properly raise a daughter. As John Oliver would
say, someone took a very large “dump” on my mother’s desk and she is still has
no way of removing it.
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