Does Anyone Care About Men’s Struggles? - Richard Reeves

Richard V. Reeves is a writer, scholar and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Men are falling behind in education, employment and family life. They’re underachieving in school, dropping out of the labour market and being less useful around the house more than ever. And this isn’t simply cultural as it’s happening all over the world, the problem is deeper than that - it’s structural. Expect to learn why there are twice as many female fighter pilots compared with male kindergarten teachers, why a male needs to be 24 to have the same impulse control as a 10 year old girl, where the term toxic masculinity actually came from, whether a man’s gain is actually woman’s loss, the problem of promoting men’s issues in the press and much more... Sponsors: Get 7 days free access and 25% discount from Blinkist at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on all VERSO’s products at (use code: MW15) Extra Stuff: Buy Of Boys & Men - Follow Richard on Twitter - Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → To support me on Patreon (thank you): - 00:00 Intro 00:20 Origin of ‘Toxic Masculinity’ 04:20 Why Are Women Told to be More Masculine? 11:30 The Decline of Men in Education 20:24 Gap Between Male & Female Teachers 27:27 Solutions for the Education Imbalance 32:14 Why are Men leaving the Labour Market? 46:36 Expanding the Role of Fatherhood 58:48 The ‘Checked-out’ Men 1:04:48 Men’s Rights Vs Women’s Rights 1:13:04 Where to Find Richard - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: Twitter: Email: