The End of Men
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The End of Men
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#2Choice Quote:
"Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer"
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#3It will be very interesting to see if the arc of human development begins with primitive matriarchal societies and ends with hi-tech matriarchal societies.
It will also be interesting to see if history bears out the current theories that men skew to the extremes. In 20 years women may make up the majority of the white-collar workforce, but will they also dominate at the executive level?
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#4Choice Quote: "Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer"
All the more reason for men to work as hard as they can to introduce more women to the field of engineering. What could possibly be more engineer than replacing yourself?
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#5What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?
What if modern, postindustrial society is simply hostile to males in return for all the past hostility to females?
edit: apparently axle replied while I had my lament on the state of scholarships. Summarized: out of literally thousands available after pre-filtered (however poorly), I had to toss out all but a dozen or two because I'm white and male.
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#6> What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?
Alternative theory: Society is failing our boys.
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#7Choice Quote: "Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer"
And the line between those two careers continues to blur.
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#8Choice Quote: "Men dominate just two of the 15 job categories projected to grow the most over the next decade: janitor and computer engineer"
And both fields involve cleaning up other people's messes.
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#9For a fun exercise, try replacing "men" with "black people" and "women" with "white people" throughout this article, and speculate on whether The Atlantic would have published it.
"What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to white people?"
"White people live longer than black people. They do better in this economy. More of ’em graduate from college. They go into space and do everything black people do, and sometimes they do it a whole lot better. I mean, hell, get out of the way—these white people are going to leave us black people in the dust."
"Researchers have suggested any number of solutions. A movement is growing for more all-black schools and classes, and for respecting the individual learning styles of black people. Some people think that black people should be able to walk around in class, or take more time on tests, or have tests and books that cater to their interests."
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#10What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply hostile to males in return for all the past hostility to females? edit: apparently axle replied while I had my lament on the state of scholarships. Summarized: out of literally thousands available after pre-filtered (however poorly), I had to toss out all but a dozen or two because I'm white and m…
The problem is really that you likely have not been anything else apart from a male WASP. See, there is no institution working against you. These things you are complaining about not getting are not the main product, they are shortcuts. A scholarship is not the normal way of studying, it's a shortcut way, for people who have something working against them.
A woman (and a black guy) have institutions against them. They go somewhere, and they are instantly assumed to be less competent. That's why these things are given to them - to help out the weak, not to push YOU down. Those things are legs-up to equalise the playing field - you, as a WASP already are at the starting line, asking to get those things is to get another 10 yards.
And no, it's not a socio-economic program. If you took a white bum and a black bum, and you cleaned them up and dressed them nice and sent them to interview, the white will likely get more jobs than the black guy. There is an inherent issue that non-WASPs have to deal with.
A poor black kid from a farm and a poor white kid from a farm don't have the same chances of succeeding in life. The white kid is neutral (everything is always open to him), but the black kid has things working against him right from the start.
It's going to be difficult for you to understand because you have never BEEN a woman in a managerial position. You have never BEEN a black guy applying for jobs.
Let's do this test: Imagine I say you'll get ALL the perks that black people get from the government, do you think you will have a better life being black?