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Conversations with Coleman

Of Boys And Men with Richard Reeves (S3 Ep.31)

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.5631 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Richard Reeves. Richard Reeves is a Senior Fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institute, where His research focuses on social mobility, inequality, and the middle class. Richard's new book is called "Of boys and men" and it's all about the specific problems facing men in American society.  In this episode, Richard and I talk about whether there's any need to address male-specific problems in the first place. We discuss whether gender differences come from nature or nurture. We talk about the so-called feminization of society. We talk about the advantage that girls have in our education system, the wisdom of age segregation in K-12 schooling, the gender disparity and ADHD diagnoses, how the labor market has become less male-friendly, the suicide gap between men and women, the intersection of race and maleness, the unique struggles of black boys, and much more.  -Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code [20COLEMAN] at Manscaped.com. That’s 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code [20COLEMAN]. -Sign up through wren.co/coleman to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name! -Sign up today at butcherbox.com/COLEMAN to get two, 10 oz New York strip steaks and 8 oz of lobster claw and knuckle meat FREE in your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

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and sharing the show with friends and family. As always, thank you so much for your support.

1:03.6

Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is Richard Reeves.

1:09.0

Richard Reeves is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institute,

1:13.1

where his research focuses on social mobility, inequality, and the middle class.

1:18.0

Richard's new book is called Of Boys and Men,

1:20.5

and it's all about the specific problems facing men in American society.

1:25.1

We talk about whether there's any need to address male-specific problems in the first

1:29.0

place.

1:29.8

We discuss whether gender differences come from nature or nurture.

1:33.2

We talk about the so-called feminization of society.

1:36.4

We talk about the advantage that girls have in our education system.

1:40.2

The wisdom of age segregation in K-12 schooling.

1:44.1

The gender disparity in ADHD diagnoses,

1:47.4

how the labor market has become less male-friendly,

1:50.2

the suicide gap between men and women,

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