This month’s Atlantic Monthly cover story bears the supposedly provocative title “The End of Men.” Essayist Hanna Rosin declares male dominance is or will soon end in vast stretches of western society—almost up to (but not yet including) top corporate/government leadership. She cites a steadily increasing female dominance in high-school graduation and college enrollment rates. She surveys a post-industrial developed world that declares little need for either muscle-bound labor or macho posturing. And yes, she dutifully mentions Lady Gaga’s videos as somehow symbolizing women’s new-found smugness or something like that.

But I couldn’t help but notice the mag’s cover icon. It’s a male symbol with a drooping arrow. Just like the logo of ’80s local (and all male) punk band Limp Richerds, one of Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm’s several secondary projects.