@1 For the first time in the history of the United States, women hold more jobs than men. More women are enrolled in college. Postmodern industrialized society appears to favor women and their strengths (ability to sit still for a long time; ability to cooperatively manage social relations in an office environment; ability to not need to brain something with a club every few days to feel all right about oneself). Men will soon be regarded as the endangered sex, on whose behalf public policy action will be required.
Men, in fact, are "edgy"; and The Stranger, endlessly trying to be edgy, has unconsciously sensed this, which is why 3/4 of the subjects are men in a self-conscious attempt to keep up with the edge.
@1-if you choose the see the world as two dimensional, as us vs. them, you will always go through the world with a chip on your shoulder. Why don't you get offended by the lack racial diversity or the fact that they all look like they're well educated and upper middle class?
Better yet, you could focus on the content of their work and have something interesting to say about that rather than concentrating on their gender.
Anyone who claims that the "ability to cooperatively manage social relations in an office environment" is a female strength has never worked in an environment with female employs.
Men, in fact, are "edgy"; and The Stranger, endlessly trying to be edgy, has unconsciously sensed this, which is why 3/4 of the subjects are men in a self-conscious attempt to keep up with the edge.
Better yet, you could focus on the content of their work and have something interesting to say about that rather than concentrating on their gender.
http://www.ted.com/speakers/blaise_aguer…
Pretty interesting stuff. Both videos are worth watching.
See? The world IS full of interesting people.