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[Kepler]

"For years, women�s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn�t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?....

"The worst-hit industries were overwhelmingly male and deeply identified with macho: construction, manufacturing, high finance. Some of these jobs will come back, but the overall pattern of dislocation is neither temporary nor random....

"Women dominate today�s colleges and professional schools�for every two men who will receive a B.A. this year, three women will do the same. Of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most in the next decade in the U.S., all but two are occupied primarily by women....

"The postindustrial economy is indifferent to men�s size and strength. The attributes that are most valuable today�social intelligence, open communication, the ability to sit still and focus�are, at a minimum, not predominantly male....

"Guys, one senior remarked to me, 'are the new ball and chain.' It may be happening slowly and unevenly, but it�s unmistakably happening: in the long view, the modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards....

"Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer. Women have everything else�nursing, home health assistance, child care, food preparation....

"But after the latest financial crisis, these ideas have more resonance. Researchers have started looking into the relationship between testosterone and excessive risk, and wondering if groups of men, in some basic hormonal way, spur each other to make reckless decisions. The picture emerging is a mirror image of the traditional gender map: men and markets on the side of the irrational and overemotional, and women on the side of the cool and levelheaded....

"Researchers at Columbia Business School and the University of Maryland analyzed data on the top 1,500 U.S. companies from 1992 to 2006 to determine the relationship between firm performance and female participation in senior management. Firms that had women in top positions performed better....

"Women now earn 60 percent of master�s degrees, about half of all law and medical degrees, and 42 percent of all M.B.A.s. Most important, women earn almost 60 percent of all bachelor�s degrees�the minimum requirement, in most cases, for an affluent life....

"Throughout the �90s, various authors and researchers agonized over why boys seemed to be failing at every level of education, from elementary school on up.... What�s clear is that schools, like the economy, now value the self-control, focus, and verbal aptitude that seem to come more easily to young girls."
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/1/

Very interesting...

[Louis VI]

Magazine writers are hacks in terms of philosophy: they formulate an idea and then patchwork quilt their sources and paste logic. I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and really, he should stick to magazine article writing like the quoted piece from the Atlantic on this thread: worth a muse over a cup of java, no more.

[The Happy Warrior]

I agree with his highness. This article was just about the worst I've read in a long time. And the cute title, meant to refer to this I believe, really falls flat.

[Steelrails]

Does this mean I get to stay home and cook and clean for four hours and then go shopping with my wife's credit card and pick the kids up from soccer while jamming to some tunes and enjoying a relaxer in the parking lot by the soccer field?

I bet it doesn't.

One more thing- If women are better suited for today's economy and academic style, then men are better suited to enjoy idle time at home. Women+Idle time=Paranoia about their husband/scrip drug abuse.

Men+Idle time=Hobbies or lying in front of the TV wathcing Sportscenter from 9AM-12PM.

Bring on the new era.

[caniff]

[D.D.]

Problem is you are assuming all men are stage 1 cavemen like. Many men have evolved to have the skills needed in the modern world. The cavemen jerks are about to not be useful anymore and their paradigm is failing, but there is other men who are not like that. Also let us not forget that that many women has become masculine like to compete in a stage 1 male dominated world and have not made it as females but have made it as females acting like blokes. These women will also have trouble adapting to the modern world.

[NYC_Gal]

If my man wanted to stay home with the kids, that'd be great. He plans on retiring early, so it may be a reality. I'd love to come home to dinner with my man dressed in only an apron. My job is mainly freelance, so we could both end up in the countryside with high-speed internet and loads of hobbies.

[nautilus]

If women want to take over, let them. If they do a better job at running a country then I couldn't care less.

Be fun to see it happen in korea. I hate the fact that korean girls/women do better academically than men here but their progress is cut short by this male dominated society.

[jvalmer]

[Steelrails]

[nautilus]

[Steelrails]

[Quack Addict]

[Tundra_Creature]

[Steelrails]

Clearly from the female responses to this I need to start re-marketing myself.

"Yes, I can cook, clean, sew, be faithful, shop for all the little things that you would enjoy, and take care of your 'needs' ANYTIME you want."

Actually that sounds like an alright gig.

They should make University degrees like this for men.

Yes I have a Masters in Domesticity from Martha Stewart University. That should easily put me in the high 5 figure, low 6 figure range.