Episode
#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
1:18:59
Published: Mon Oct 10 2022
Description
Richard V. Reeves is a writer, scholar and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Men are falling behind in education, employment and family life. They're underachieving in school, dropping out of the labour market and being less useful around the house more than ever. And this isn't simply cultural as it's happening all over the world, the problem is deeper than that - it's structural. Expect to learn why there are twice as many female fighter pilots compared with male kindergarten teachers, why a male needs to be 24 to have the same impulse control as a 10 year old girl, where the term toxic masculinity actually came from, whether a man's gain is actually woman's loss, the problem of promoting men's issues in the press and much more... Sponsors: Get 7 days free access and 25% discount from Blinkist at https://blinkist.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 15% discount on all VERSO’s products at https://ver.so/modernwisdom (use code: MW15) Extra Stuff: Buy Of Boys & Men - https://amzn.to/3eb6so6 Follow Richard on Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/richardvreeves Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/
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Summary
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Summary
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Summary
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
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Episode#537 - Richard Reeves - Does Anyone Care About Men's Struggles?
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Summary
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