ARE WOMEN ON TOP? A MAJOR GENDER-EQUALITY DEBATE
Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates “Men Are Finished”
New York, NY – Aug. 30, 2011 - On September 20, New York City’s premier live debate series, Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), will debate new issues surrounding gender equality. In a modern, information-age economy that appears better suited for women, many wonder if men are now permanently trailing. Education and employment statistics point to a clear and increasing dominance in women’s status at home and in the workplace. “MEN ARE FINISHED” is the theory that’ll be put to the test: Are men still dominant in society or has the order shifted forever?
Dana Wolfe, executive producer of Intelligence Squared U.S., says “Gender equality is certainly a hot button topic right now, with traditional gender roles being upended in politics, the economic sphere, education and elsewhere. Is the tide really changing? We’re looking forward to our panel of debaters taking this issue on head-to-head.”
Moderated by ABC News Nightline’s John Donvan, Intelligence Squared U.S. airs on more than 220 NPR stations nationwide.
For the motion:
| Dan Abrams, ABC News Legal Analyst, author of Man Downhost of Discovery ID's Chasing Justice. | Hanna Rosin, award-winning journalist for Slate and The Atlantic, wrote popular Atlantic story, The End of Men, based on her theory that men are losing their dominance and women are quickly rising. |
Against the motion:
| Christina Hoff Sommers, feminist scholar and author of The War Against Boys, a former philosophy professor who taught ethics. | David Zinczenko, Editor-in-Chief of Men’s Health Magazine, Editorial Director of Women's Health, writes for bestselling series Eat This, Not That! |
The debate will take place in front of a live audience at NYU’s Skirball Center in New York City. Audience members will vote to decide the winning team of this significant debate. Tickets: $40 ($12 for students w/ID) To purchase, visit www.iq2us.org.
ABOUT INTELLIGENCE SQUARED DEBATES (IQ2US)
Rethink your point of view with Intelligence Squared U.S. (IQ2US), Oxford-style debates live from New York City. Based on the highly successful debate program based in London, Intelligence Squared, Intelligence Squared U.S. has presented 50 debates on a wide range of provocative and timely topics. From global warming and the financial crisis, to Afghanistan/Pakistan and the death of mainstream media, Intelligence Squared U.S. brings together the world’s leading authorities on the day’s most important issues.
Since its inception in 2006, the goals of The Intelligence Squared U.S. Foundation have been to provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis; to transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological; and to encourage recognition that the opposing side has intellectually respectable views.
IQ2US struck a media partnership with the online magazine Slate that launches in this fall. The Rosenkranz Foundation initiated the Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate Series and continues to provide major support.
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