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Why boys and men are struggling in America
Season 1
Episode 8
Published 8 months ago
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Why have so many boys and men fallen behind in America?
Boys are behind girls in K-12 education. They are behind girls in getting to college - and staying in college. Millions of prime-age men are missing from the labor force. And men die deaths of despair - suicide and overdoses - at much higher rates than women.
Richard Reeves talks about what has shifted culturally for men.
How do you turn this around? Why do these issues affect even upper-class boys? How has this issue hurt Democrats - and what can they do about it?
Reeves is the author of "Of Boys and Men," the founding president of the American Institute For Boys and Men, and a senior fellow at Brookings.
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