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Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It Audiobook
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A positive vision for masculinity in a postfeminist world
Boys and men are struggling. Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the lives of women have changed, the lives of many men have remained the same or even worsened.
Our attitudes, our institutions, and our laws have failed to keep up. Conservative and progressive politicians, mired in their own ideological warfare, fail to provide thoughtful solutions.
The father of three sons, a journalist, and a Brookings Institution scholar, Richard V. Reeves has spent twenty-five years worrying about boys both at home and work. His new book, Of Boys and Men, tackles the complex and urgent crisis of boyhood and manhood.
Reeves looks at the structural challenges that face boys and men and offers fresh and innovative solutions that turn the page on the corrosive narrative that plagues this issue. Of Boys and Men argues that helping the other half of society does not mean giving up on the ideal of gender equality.
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"Treats many of the difficulties faced by men, especially black men in modern society. These problems are not just in USA, but in almost every developed country. Some of his suggestions are excellent. Weaknesses: he is obsesses with employment in each profession matching the demographics in the general population. There are explanations for numeric differences other than bigotry. Men have only 1 X chromosome, so their distribution of traits is wider, explaining why there are more men at the TOP as well as the BOTTOM (prison, insane asylums, unemployed, killed on battle field)The chapter on fear of black men was excellent. The chapters on men struggling in school was very good."
— bnevins (4 out of 5 stars)
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“A landmark. One of the most important books of the year.”
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“Outstanding…Documents immense social and economic changes more effectively than anyone I’ve read.”
— The Dispatch (Washington, DC) -
“He suggests practical, incremental reforms.”
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“Reeves’s book…argues for a speedy response because the decline in the fortunes of present-day men—not only in comparison with women but in absolute terms—augurs so poorly for men several decades on.”
— New Yorker -
“Throughout most of Richard Reeves’ excellent new book, Of Boys and Men, I wasn’t just nodding along, I was foot-stomping. Too little has been written about the troubles of boys and men.”
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“An authoritative overview of the problems faced by boys and men—and most importantly, bold ideas to solve them.”
— Andrew Yang, founder of the Forward Party and 2020 presidential candidate -
“Offers real solutions to create a world that would be better for all of us, across the gender spectrum.”
— Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished Business -
“An analysis of the crisis among men and boys that adds more light than heat…A much-needed book.”
— Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School -
“A tour de force that replaces notions of toxic masculinity with evidence-based reasoning and reform.”
— Tommy J. Curry, author of The Man-Not -
“Reeves argues for dispensing with the damaging narrative of ‘toxic’ masculinity and offers concrete suggestions for how to support boys and men.”
— Carole Hooven, author of Testosterone -
“Reminds us that the problem of male disaffection and underachievement is worsening and points to sensible, humane, and practical solutions.”
— Christina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute -
“Deftly navigates the minefield of the culture war over gender to give us the facts, the causes, and some surprising solutions…A powerful and important book.”
— Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind
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A London Economist Best Book of 2022
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About Richard V. Reeves
Richard V. Reeves is a senior fellow in economic studies and codirector of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. Between 2010 and 2012, he was director of strategy to the deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom. He has also been the director of Demos, the London-based political think tank; the principal policy advisor to the minister for welfare reform; and a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research, among other roles. He is a former European Business Speaker of the Year. A former journalist for the London Guardian and Observer, he is a contributor to The Atlantic, National Affairs, Democracy Journal, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times. He earned a BA degree from Oxford and a PhD from Warwick University.