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Richard Reeves discusses the growing crisis facing men and boys -- declining college enrollment, rising suicide rates, falling workforce participation, and the lack of institutional support. He argues that acknowledging male struggles does not diminish female progress and that we need to hold two truths simultaneously.
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Reeves argues that the either/or framing of gender issues prevents progress. Acknowledging that boys are falling behind in education does not negate historical discrimination against women. Both truths can coexist. The failure to hold both truths simultaneously leaves boys without support.
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The crisis facing men and boys is real and measurable -- declining college enrollment, rising suicide, falling workforce participation -- but acknowledging it has become politically taboo, which prevents solutions
Reeves presents the data: male college enrollment has dropped to 40%. Male suicide rates are 3.5x female rates. Male workforce participation has declined for 50 consecutive years. Yet acknowledging these trends is politically fraught because it is perceived as undermining women's progress.Was this useful?