This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce. Thank you for joining us for

Pantsuit Politics.

Hi everyone, this is Elise, the Managing Director of Pantsuit Politics. We worked hard this spring

to plan out exciting, interesting content to bring you over the summer. Today's episode is one

of the ones I have been most excited about since Sarah recorded it back in March. I've just been

itching for us to get this into your feed and for your minds to be as blown as mine has been by

the work of our guest. Richard Reeves is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings

Institute and leads the Boys and Men project. His research focuses on boys and men in equality and

social mobility. In 2022, he published his book of Boys and Men Why the Modern Mail is struggling,

Why It Matters, and What to Do About It. If you or anywhere near Sarah in the month after she

read this book, you heard about it. And with good reason, Reeves' work is truly fascinating and I

know you are going to gain as much from this conversation as I did. I'm still early in my journey as a

boy mom, so listening to Sarah and Richard talk about their experience parenting boys in the modern

era and the concerns they have for their boys was particularly helpful to me as I think about how

to raise my own son. However, don't skip this one if you aren't a parent or the parent of a boy.

This is not a conversation about parenting. This is a conversation about our culture and how it's

shaping a huge portion of our population. It was just as valuable to me as the wife of a man and

the daughter of a man and the friend of men. You know men. You have men in your life and the

findings of this research are rippling throughout our society in major ways. You will be able to see

that as you listen to this conversation. This affects all of us. So without further ado, we are

delighted to share this conversation between Sarah and Richard Reeves with you. We can't wait to

hear what you all think. Thank you so much for listening. Richard Reeves, welcome to Panty Politics.

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