I was hopeful for this article, as it touched on some aspects that are important. Most CEOs being men doesn't help the welder. In the one program, there were no male counselors.
But it fell back into the familiar trope: if men aren't succeeding, it's entirely their fault. They don't have the motivation, etc. When people use this line of thinking for Black communities we rightfully call them racist, but how can you look at these numbers for men and boys, especially in the lower class and not see something structural?
The cynical side of me thinks it's because the people who could study it don't care. There's a notion that a group that has had power for centuries is now losing it, and so it's just providing balance. But making individuals of today worse off won't provide justice to those long passed.
I will give credit to this article for not making the case that we should do something because if we don't then it will harm women in finding mates, like you see in so many other similar articles. Men's well-being should be worthwhile on its own.
But it fell back into the familiar trope: if men aren't succeeding, it's entirely their fault. They don't have the motivation, etc. When people use this line of thinking for Black communities we rightfully call them racist, but how can you look at these numbers for men and boys, especially in the lower class and not see something structural?
The cynical side of me thinks it's because the people who could study it don't care. There's a notion that a group that has had power for centuries is now losing it, and so it's just providing balance. But making individuals of today worse off won't provide justice to those long passed.
I will give credit to this article for not making the case that we should do something because if we don't then it will harm women in finding mates, like you see in so many other similar articles. Men's well-being should be worthwhile on its own.