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Of Boys and Men: STEM Careers, Gender Equality Paradox, and Pay Gap – Part 6
It’s not that gender equality discourages girls from pursuing science. It’s that it allows them not to if they’re not interested. ~ Olga Khazan, Atlantic. In this final blog post Of Boys and Men, I will discuss three issues that Richard Reeves...
Biological Differences – Part 5.2: Aggression, Risk-taking, and Sex Drive
Human males are more physically aggressive in all cultures at all ages. ~ Richard Reeves The crisis of men and boys is exacerbated by a political narrative unwilling to acknowledge biological sex differences (What the Political Left Gets Wrong...
Biological Differences Between the Sexes – Part 5.1
All human life stems from the reality of, and the difference between, men and women. ~ Nina Power - What do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents In this series of posts about the boys and men crisis described by Richard Reeves (Of Boys and...
Solutions to the Crisis of Boys and Men – Part 4.2
In Of Boys and Men, Richard Reeves provides solutions to address the male malaise in education, work, training, childcare, legal support, and policy inequities. The prior post (Solutions to the Crisis of Boys and Men – Part 4.1) described the first...
Solutions to the Crisis Of Boys and Men – Part 4.1
In Of Boys and Men, Richard Reeves suggests broad proposals to address the male malaise in education, work, training, childcare, legal support, and policy inequities. Reeves addresses arguments against his proposals and considers related...
What the Right Gets Wrong About Boys and Men – Part 3.2
In Part 3.1 of this series, I summarized what Richard Reeves believes the political Left gets wrong about the crisis facing boys and men. In this post, I will summarize what Reeves asserts the political Right gets wrong, as outlined in his book, Of...
What the Left Gets Wrong About Boys and Men – Part 3.1
The Left tells men to be more like their sisters. The Right says to be more like your father. Neither invocation is helpful. ~ Richard Reeves Prior posts in this series, Parts 2.1 and 2.2, described the eleven problems and conditions faced by...
Problems and Conditions of Boys and Men – Part 2.2
.Boys and men are struggling in the U.S. and across the globe. Part 2.1 of this series described the first six problems and conditions for boys and men identified by Richard Reeves in his book, Of Boys and Men – Why the Modern Male is Struggling,...
Problems and Conditions of Boys and Men – Part 2.1
Boys and men are struggling in the U.S. and across the globe. Here are the first six problems and conditions for boys and men identified by Richard Reeves in his book, Of Boys and Men – Why The Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What To...
Of Boys and Men – Revisitation of a Crisis in Six Parts
What is needed is a positive vision of masculinity that is compatible with gender equality. We need a prosocial masculinity for a postfeminist world. ~ Richard Reeves*, Of Boys and Men We don’t have to be androgynous to be equal. ~ Richard Reeves...