Male inequality, explained by an expert | Richard Reeves

Modern males are struggling. Author Richard Reeves outlines the three major issues boys and men face and shares possible solutions. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► Up next, Psychologist debunks 8 myths of mass scale ► Boys and men are falling behind. This might seem surprising to some people, and maybe ridiculous to others, considering that discussions on gender disparities tend to focus on the structural challenges faced by girls and women, not boys and men. But long-term data reveal a clear and alarming trend: In recent decades, American men have been faring increasingly worse in many areas of life, including education, workforce participation, skill acquisition, wages, and fatherhood. Gender politics is often framed as a zero-sum game: Any effort to help men takes away from women. But in his 2022 book Of Boys and Men, journalist and Brookings Institution sc