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The Advertiser
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
Women in media to discuss challenges, hopes for sector
The future of media, gender equity in workplaces and backlash against programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion will be in the spotlight at a national conference. The Women in Media conference brings together women from across the sector, including public relations, marketing, journalism, arts and entertainment, production, screen, digital, publishing and advertising. The annual conference in Sydney on Friday comes as many women are being driven out of the industry by financial pressures, stalled growth and lack of progress on gender equity. An industry report released in June found career dissatisfaction among women in the media had risen to 59 per cent - the highest level in four years. More than a decade after she first visited Australia to promote her book The End of Men: and The Rise of Women, journalist and podcaster Hanna Rosin is returning to headline the conference as a keynote speaker. Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic, will be joined by high-profile speakers including actor and director Claudia Karvan, Minister for Women Katy Gallagher, journalist Bridget Brennan and award-winning author Shankari Chandran. When she published The End of Men in 2012, Rosin said she believed the world could go in one of two directions. Either gender roles would be loosened, with more men taking on roles in care and education, or there would be backlash, Rosin thought. "When you have a rise of women, there can be a lot of backlash," she told AAP. "The manosphere was fringe back then and we associated it with incels. Now it is mainstream." The election of President Donald Trump for the second time has also hardened gender roles in the United States, with the administration shutting down diversity, equity and inclusion programs it says are a form of discrimination. "It is surreal living here (in the US) now and feeling the force-back of decades of women's rights," Rosin said. Her keynote speech will be about the changes she has observed in gender, power and politics in America in the past decade. She will discuss how the media and workplaces have changed and the age of social media. "The conference has caught me at a good time because a lot of American women were stunned into silence after Trump 2.0," she said. "There was no revolt like there was in 2017 but I feel like we are all now waking up again." The future of media, gender equity in workplaces and backlash against programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion will be in the spotlight at a national conference. The Women in Media conference brings together women from across the sector, including public relations, marketing, journalism, arts and entertainment, production, screen, digital, publishing and advertising. The annual conference in Sydney on Friday comes as many women are being driven out of the industry by financial pressures, stalled growth and lack of progress on gender equity. An industry report released in June found career dissatisfaction among women in the media had risen to 59 per cent - the highest level in four years. More than a decade after she first visited Australia to promote her book The End of Men: and The Rise of Women, journalist and podcaster Hanna Rosin is returning to headline the conference as a keynote speaker. Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic, will be joined by high-profile speakers including actor and director Claudia Karvan, Minister for Women Katy Gallagher, journalist Bridget Brennan and award-winning author Shankari Chandran. When she published The End of Men in 2012, Rosin said she believed the world could go in one of two directions. Either gender roles would be loosened, with more men taking on roles in care and education, or there would be backlash, Rosin thought. "When you have a rise of women, there can be a lot of backlash," she told AAP. "The manosphere was fringe back then and we associated it with incels. Now it is mainstream." The election of President Donald Trump for the second time has also hardened gender roles in the United States, with the administration shutting down diversity, equity and inclusion programs it says are a form of discrimination. "It is surreal living here (in the US) now and feeling the force-back of decades of women's rights," Rosin said. Her keynote speech will be about the changes she has observed in gender, power and politics in America in the past decade. She will discuss how the media and workplaces have changed and the age of social media. "The conference has caught me at a good time because a lot of American women were stunned into silence after Trump 2.0," she said. "There was no revolt like there was in 2017 but I feel like we are all now waking up again." The future of media, gender equity in workplaces and backlash against programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion will be in the spotlight at a national conference. The Women in Media conference brings together women from across the sector, including public relations, marketing, journalism, arts and entertainment, production, screen, digital, publishing and advertising. The annual conference in Sydney on Friday comes as many women are being driven out of the industry by financial pressures, stalled growth and lack of progress on gender equity. An industry report released in June found career dissatisfaction among women in the media had risen to 59 per cent - the highest level in four years. More than a decade after she first visited Australia to promote her book The End of Men: and The Rise of Women, journalist and podcaster Hanna Rosin is returning to headline the conference as a keynote speaker. Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic, will be joined by high-profile speakers including actor and director Claudia Karvan, Minister for Women Katy Gallagher, journalist Bridget Brennan and award-winning author Shankari Chandran. When she published The End of Men in 2012, Rosin said she believed the world could go in one of two directions. Either gender roles would be loosened, with more men taking on roles in care and education, or there would be backlash, Rosin thought. "When you have a rise of women, there can be a lot of backlash," she told AAP. "The manosphere was fringe back then and we associated it with incels. Now it is mainstream." The election of President Donald Trump for the second time has also hardened gender roles in the United States, with the administration shutting down diversity, equity and inclusion programs it says are a form of discrimination. "It is surreal living here (in the US) now and feeling the force-back of decades of women's rights," Rosin said. Her keynote speech will be about the changes she has observed in gender, power and politics in America in the past decade. She will discuss how the media and workplaces have changed and the age of social media. "The conference has caught me at a good time because a lot of American women were stunned into silence after Trump 2.0," she said. "There was no revolt like there was in 2017 but I feel like we are all now waking up again." The future of media, gender equity in workplaces and backlash against programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion will be in the spotlight at a national conference. The Women in Media conference brings together women from across the sector, including public relations, marketing, journalism, arts and entertainment, production, screen, digital, publishing and advertising. The annual conference in Sydney on Friday comes as many women are being driven out of the industry by financial pressures, stalled growth and lack of progress on gender equity. An industry report released in June found career dissatisfaction among women in the media had risen to 59 per cent - the highest level in four years. More than a decade after she first visited Australia to promote her book The End of Men: and The Rise of Women, journalist and podcaster Hanna Rosin is returning to headline the conference as a keynote speaker. Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic, will be joined by high-profile speakers including actor and director Claudia Karvan, Minister for Women Katy Gallagher, journalist Bridget Brennan and award-winning author Shankari Chandran. When she published The End of Men in 2012, Rosin said she believed the world could go in one of two directions. Either gender roles would be loosened, with more men taking on roles in care and education, or there would be backlash, Rosin thought. "When you have a rise of women, there can be a lot of backlash," she told AAP. "The manosphere was fringe back then and we associated it with incels. Now it is mainstream." The election of President Donald Trump for the second time has also hardened gender roles in the United States, with the administration shutting down diversity, equity and inclusion programs it says are a form of discrimination. "It is surreal living here (in the US) now and feeling the force-back of decades of women's rights," Rosin said. Her keynote speech will be about the changes she has observed in gender, power and politics in America in the past decade. She will discuss how the media and workplaces have changed and the age of social media. "The conference has caught me at a good time because a lot of American women were stunned into silence after Trump 2.0," she said. "There was no revolt like there was in 2017 but I feel like we are all now waking up again."
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Women in media to discuss challenges, hopes for sector
The future of media, gender equity in workplaces and backlash against programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion will be in the spotlight at a national conference. The Women in Media conference brings together women from across the sector, including public relations, marketing, journalism, arts and entertainment, production, screen, digital, publishing and advertising. The annual conference in Sydney on Friday comes as many women are being driven out of the industry by financial pressures, stalled growth and lack of progress on gender equity. An industry report released in June found career dissatisfaction among women in the media had risen to 59 per cent - the highest level in four years. More than a decade after she first visited Australia to promote her book The End of Men: and The Rise of Women, journalist and podcaster Hanna Rosin is returning to headline the conference as a keynote speaker. Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic, will be joined by high-profile speakers including actor and director Claudia Karvan, Minister for Women Katy Gallagher, journalist Bridget Brennan and award-winning author Shankari Chandran. When she published The End of Men in 2012, Rosin said she believed the world could go in one of two directions. Either gender roles would be loosened, with more men taking on roles in care and education, or there would be backlash, Rosin thought. "When you have a rise of women, there can be a lot of backlash," she told AAP. "The manosphere was fringe back then and we associated it with incels. Now it is mainstream." The election of President Donald Trump for the second time has also hardened gender roles in the United States, with the administration shutting down diversity, equity and inclusion programs it says are a form of discrimination. "It is surreal living here (in the US) now and feeling the force-back of decades of women's rights," Rosin said. Her keynote speech will be about the changes she has observed in gender, power and politics in America in the past decade. She will discuss how the media and workplaces have changed and the age of social media. "The conference has caught me at a good time because a lot of American women were stunned into silence after Trump 2.0," she said. "There was no revolt like there was in 2017 but I feel like we are all now waking up again."
Sydney Morning Herald
09-08-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
The end of men? We need to put an end to that
A decade seems to be about the time it takes society from being warned about a coming trend to recognising that 10 years ago would have been the ideal time to act. On Friday, more than a decade after the publication of her book The End of Men in 2012, Hanna Rosin will be the keynote speaker at the annual Women in Media national conference. The decision to offer her the stage marks an important turning point in gender politics. The End of Men – subtitled And the Rise of Women – diagnosed a trend that was becoming quite clear. In Western post-industrial economies, many men were losing their jobs, as well as their sense of self and purpose. Meanwhile, the new jobs created by economic change were in healthcare, education and office work – roles that require less physical strength and more communication and social intelligence, in which women typically outperform men. Rosin used the terms 'Plastic Women' and 'Cardboard Men' to describe the way women were able to easily adapt to the new roles being created, while men were stuck with a rigid and outdated concept of masculinity. Unable to find a place in the new, less physical jobs market, men were becoming increasingly sidelined. Meanwhile, women were thriving in the new roles, and choosing to live without the encumbrance of a man who contributed neither domestically nor economically. The reaction to Rosin's book was swift and defensive when it was first published. Rosin told The Guardian at the time that 'feminists don't like the argument because they say it makes it seem as though women have totally won and there isn't anything more to worry about, even though I actually don't feel that way at all'. It turns out that the author and journalist was just ahead of her time in recognising what she calls 'a separate stream of history' trending in the wrong direction. 'I saw a large swath of men falling behind in society,' she tells me on a call in advance of her visit to Australia. 'The economy is shifting, and they're not adapting or catching up. One of two things could happen. Gender roles could become more flexible for these men, or all hell breaks loose. And guess what happened?' What happened is that the world went on its merry way, righteously and rightfully crusading against the poor behaviour of men who had exploited patriarchal structures, and forgetting about the little boys who'd done none of it. Masculinity was categorically branded toxic. Female columnists were sickened and paralysed with fear when they found themselves pregnant with boys. Unsurprisingly, this environment only increased male alienation. A tide of male anger and distress swept the US and seeped out into other post-industrial countries through the social media manosphere. Boys and young men looking for a positive sense of self found Andrew Tate instead.
The Age
09-08-2025
- Politics
- The Age
The end of men? We need to put an end to that
A decade seems to be about the time it takes society from being warned about a coming trend to recognising that 10 years ago would have been the ideal time to act. On Friday, more than a decade after the publication of her book The End of Men in 2012, Hanna Rosin will be the keynote speaker at the annual Women in Media national conference. The decision to offer her the stage marks an important turning point in gender politics. The End of Men – subtitled And the Rise of Women – diagnosed a trend that was becoming quite clear. In Western post-industrial economies, many men were losing their jobs, as well as their sense of self and purpose. Meanwhile, the new jobs created by economic change were in healthcare, education and office work – roles that require less physical strength and more communication and social intelligence, in which women typically outperform men. Rosin used the terms 'Plastic Women' and 'Cardboard Men' to describe the way women were able to easily adapt to the new roles being created, while men were stuck with a rigid and outdated concept of masculinity. Unable to find a place in the new, less physical jobs market, men were becoming increasingly sidelined. Meanwhile, women were thriving in the new roles, and choosing to live without the encumbrance of a man who contributed neither domestically nor economically. The reaction to Rosin's book was swift and defensive when it was first published. Rosin told The Guardian at the time that 'feminists don't like the argument because they say it makes it seem as though women have totally won and there isn't anything more to worry about, even though I actually don't feel that way at all'. It turns out that the author and journalist was just ahead of her time in recognising what she calls 'a separate stream of history' trending in the wrong direction. 'I saw a large swath of men falling behind in society,' she tells me on a call in advance of her visit to Australia. 'The economy is shifting, and they're not adapting or catching up. One of two things could happen. Gender roles could become more flexible for these men, or all hell breaks loose. And guess what happened?' What happened is that the world went on its merry way, righteously and rightfully crusading against the poor behaviour of men who had exploited patriarchal structures, and forgetting about the little boys who'd done none of it. Masculinity was categorically branded toxic. Female columnists were sickened and paralysed with fear when they found themselves pregnant with boys. Unsurprisingly, this environment only increased male alienation. A tide of male anger and distress swept the US and seeped out into other post-industrial countries through the social media manosphere. Boys and young men looking for a positive sense of self found Andrew Tate instead.
