Checks and Balance: Man problems
Checks and Balance from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 12 May 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
There have long been worries about manhood in the United States. Today, nearly half of men believe traditional masculinity is under threat. While the left talk about toxic masculinity, some politicians on the right fear men’s very “deconstruction”. Researchers point to data showing a relative decline in men’s education rates and rise in deaths from drugs and suicide. Does the debate over masculinity obscure actual problems for boys and men? And what does the fight over America’s men mean for the country’s women, and its politics?
Richard Reeves, author of “Of Boys And Men”, talks us through what is behind problems facing men. We go back to another time masculinity was in flux. And Alice Evans of King’s College London discusses whether American men are international outliers.
Charlotte Howard hosts with Sacha Nauta and Idrees Kahloon.
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| 1:07.6 | American culture defines American manhood. |
| 1:11.3 | Now that definition is under debate, and a growing chorus argues that American men and |
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| 1:19.5 | I'm Charlotte Howard. |
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