"The End Of Men"

The most recent cover of The Atlantic magazine ((July/August issue) displays the title "The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control -- Of Everything." I know this because I watched C-Span's Washington Journal this morning, wherein the author of this Atlantic piece, Hanna Rosin, was interviewed regarding this phenomena. http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/06/25/WJE/A/34676/Hanna+Rosin+The+Atlantic+Contributing+Editor.aspx

I'm particularly interested in this because of my recent attendance (and findings) at my grandson's 8th grade graduation and my youngest daughter's college graduation.

My findings: Women are fully engaged. Men are not.

During my grandson's graduation, young ladies, one after another, went to the stage and received honoraries, from perfect attendance to advancements in science and math. They created their class year book, with no male participation. They participated in state competitions and returned victorious. Males sat silently in their seats while young lady after young lady marched to the stage and were met with hugs and well-wishes.

During my youngest daughter's graduation from college, I noticed that the majority of graduates were women. Their supporters in the audience were other women, who shouted and screamed when their friends accepted their diplomas.

There's a certain vitality in women today that cannot be found with men, generally speaking.

However, I have one problem with today's interview of Hanna Rosin by C-Span. She claimed that the only two occupations that are dominated by men today are janitors and computers. She failed to mention that American law enforcement is 80 percent male.

Down through the ages (now is no different) safety and security have been mankind's fundamental, physiological needs. We must feel safe in order to prosper. Men have always prided themselves as being the protector of women and children.

Women have been abhorently slow to accept the legal principle of The Public Duty Doctrine: Government and its agents (law enforcement and district attorneys) have no legal duty to protect; they cannot be held liable for failing to protect because there was no legal duty to protect in the first place. And, worst yet, they have no legal duty to disclose that they have no legal duty to protect.

This problem puts women in jeopardy. Their prosperity in the workplace, and as single mothers at home, is a house of cards. A woman's future must be based on this new reality (that government has no legal duty to protect), and, absent a male presence, they must find new ways of protecting themselves in a strange new world.

Educationally speaking, friends can be toxic?

At this very moment, your child's teacher may be attempting to break up close friendships that your child has formed, all in an effort to limit bullying.

Preventing bullying by limiting close friendships, I believe, is a leap. I can see how friendships can develop into clics and, therefore, excluding others (a form of bullying) can create problems. But, this is still a reach.

Consider the linked NY Times articlehttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/fashion/17BFF.html