Something is happening to men. By traditional societal measures of success, they are slipping. They are underrepresented in higher education. They have been disproportionately affected by the economic downturn. They are less likely to be married than in the past and more likely to be confused about their role in marriage and family.

The End of Men?
Something is happening to men. By traditional societal measures of success, they are slipping. They are underrepresented in higher education. They have been disproportionately affected by the economic downturn. They are less likely to be married than in the past and more likely to be confused about their role in marriage and family.

Writer Hanna Rosin highlighted the changing role of men in a 2010 Atlantic magazine article provocatively titled “The End of Men.” She also expanded on the themes of the article in a book called The End of Men: And the Rise of Women. Rosin is not a triumphalist who celebrates as men struggle. Instead, she explores what’s going on with men and women in the contemporary landscape and asks, “What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?”
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