Who really runs the world?

I'm beginning to reach the last of my blogs of feminism and feel myself asking the same question over and over. While I've read multiple articles and stories that all claim to be able to answer this question one way or another, I still don't know; who really does run the world? The source of all the main issues between the two genders is that one of them normally has power over the other group. If we're talking politically and physically than historically it is men who have had the power over women. However, if we're emotionally and sexually than women are generally considered to have power over men.
           Recently, I've read a fair few articles and stories that address the subject of one gender controlling the other. I've read stories such as 'The Handmaids Tale' and 'Jasmine', both of which are set in religiously based societies in which women are controlled (believed for their own good) by men. While both of these make connections with modern day life, both also have very obvious differences to our Western life in 2012. On the other hand, I've also read works such as 'The End of Men' and 'The Beauty Myth' which both have other ideas.
         'The End of Men' by Hanna Rosin is an article that tries to prove her point that women have now over taken men and are actually the leading force in places such as businesses and government. She may not have any decent proof to back her argument up, but her idea is definitely a strong one. The idea that, while for a long time women have been suppressed by men, in fairly recent years they have been able to improve their situation and that, if they haven't already, they have the ability to draw level, if not overtake men in terms of power. While so much of the world is changing, it is still hard for me to imagine what the world would be like if women indeed got or already had the power men have for so much of history.
         The other piece of work I've read recently that had an interesting view on this subject was 'The Beauty Myth' by Naomi Wolf is a non-fiction book that addresses many of the reasons that women are being kept down, especially by men. While it probably would have been all too easy to use this book as an opportunity to blame men for the problems of women, she actually chooses to use a more educated response to the problem. According to her, it is not so much men that are responsible for the control of women, but instead it is mixed between other big companies and other women. Going back to the idea of power, it doesn't need to say that big companies and banks do have an extreme amount of control over the common man. However, it is far less obvious that women have a significant amount of power over other women and themselves. Which would suggest that women do in fact have more control and power in their own lives  but they just don't know enough to be able to use it.