Why We Must Save Our Boys

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The Free Press

News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about the state of men in America: For every 100 bachelor degrees awarded to women, 74 are awarded to men; among men with only a high-school education, one in three is out of the labor force; mortality from drug overdoses, suicides, and alcohol-related illnesses are almost three times higher among men than women. The list goes on. The reality is that boys and men are falling behind. And we need to do something about it. So for today, Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution, on his new book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It. Guest host Mary Katharine Ham and Reeves talk about the three biggest areas where men are floundering (education, work, and home) and why truly caring about gender equality means fighting not just for women, but for men too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Mary Catherine Ham in for Barry Weiss. This is honestly.
0:05.0	Having daughters, I have three of them. I have plenty to worry about.
0:11.0	Will they be bullied by mean girls? Will they survive the awkward
0:14.7	braces and acne phase of puberty or be influenced by dangerous tick-talk diet trends?
0:20.1	And when they're older, will they be able to balance the demands of both motherhood and career?
0:25.0	Yes, there's still plenty to worry about for our girls, but I'm about to have my fourth child, a boy.
0:31.0	He's not even born yet, and I'm already worried about him.
0:35.0	There's a growing but silent epidemic affecting middle-aged adults that has debilitating
0:39.6	mental and physical effects and that's emotional isolation and physical effects. And that's emotional isolation.
0:44.0	And those effects are being felt by men most of all.
0:46.0	I'm worried about him keeping up in school
0:48.0	and whether I should hold him back a year
0:50.0	before starting kindergarten.
0:51.0	According to some experts, the trend begins in junior high.
0:54.7	Men are three and a half times more likely to commit suicide than women.
0:58.8	60% of the homeless are men.
1:00.8	The prison population is 93% male.
1:03.0	Can we be surprised that after years of being told that they are the problem,
1:07.0	that their manhood is the problem.
1:09.0	More and more men are withdrawing into the enclave of idleness and
1:13.8	pornography and video games.
1:16.0	As he grows up, will his nature and behavior be judged
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