Slobs and Playboys: How Men Tackle Interior Design




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Summary: Hanna Rosin, author of 'The End of Men', talks with fellow The Atlantic editor Kate Bolick about the differences between how men and women handle living alone.  While Bolick argues that women are conditioned to be better at homemaking, Rosin points to the influence of early issues of Playboy, which focused on style and design. Complete video available for free at http://fora.tv/2012/02/09/All_the_Single_Ladies In her November 2011 cover story in The Atlantic “All the Single Ladies,” Kate Bolick asserts that “recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness and a steep decline in men’s life prospects that have disrupted the “romantic market” in ways that narrow a marriage-minded woman’s options,” to deadbeats and playboys. But amid this strange state of affairs, Bolick sees an opportunity to “acknowledge the end of “traditional” marriage as society’s highest ideal.”One of The Atlantic’s most-talked-about stories in recent years, Bolick discusses her article and subsequent public reaction with Hanna Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic and author of the book End of Men; and Garance Franke-Ruta, a senior editor at The Atlantic."