The general image of a man in an American sitcom is like a complete moron. You'd think the industry was run by a feminist cabal.
Hanna RosinIn the US in recent years, around a third of all open management positions have gone to women. My research over the last three years has shown that the trend is going in the same direction at all levels. And by the way, it's not necessarily that the rise of women is causing the end of men - it's more the other way around. An increasing number of men are failing during their education, losing their jobs and then not managing to get back on their feet, so women have had to step in. The driving force here isn't feminist conviction, it's economic necessity.
Hanna RosinMaybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
Hanna RosinWe are still proprietary over the domestic realm even as we take over new professional realms, and that is a real problem.
Hanna RosinWhat I've found is that there is an enormous shift taking place in our society. Suddenly there are all young women who are better educated and earning more money than men their age. When young couples today decide to marry, they have very different expectations of one another than their parents did. And there's even been change at the very top of the career ladder. People tend to underestimate that.
Hanna RosinEvery congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work that makes a domestic routine seem distant and boring. But the stakes are much higher for women, because they are still judged by a different standard.
Hanna Rosin