The Daily Stoic · December 7, 2025 · 55m

Why Men Are Being Set Up To Fail

Richard Reeves on the crisis affecting young men: falling behind in education, declining in employment, losing purpose. The Stoic response: meaning comes from responsibility, not entitlement. But the structures that once provided responsibility are eroding.

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Canon

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Meaning comes from responsibility, not happiness

Reeves connects the male purpose crisis to the Canon: young men who lack responsibility — to family, community, craft — report the highest rates of depression and purposelessness. Happiness follows responsibility, not the reverse.

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Highlights

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The male education gap is now larger than the female gap was in the 1970s

Reeves: women now earn 60% of bachelor's degrees. The gap favoring women is larger today than the gap favoring men was when Title IX was passed. But there is no policy response.

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