Male suffering presents itself in forms that aren't always clear, which may lead people to overlook it in research on their wellbeing.

Lisa Damour, PhD and Richard V. Reeves discuss this and more in our latest video: hi.switchy.io/MMaD

Boys are struggling in education.

They could benefit from better access to technical high schools, more male teachers, and the practice of 'Redshirting'.

Richard V. Reeves goes into detail in our latest research summary:

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The Norwegian Mannsutvalgets, or Men’s Equality Commission. has just published its final report.
It is nothing less than a landmark in the debate about boys and men, & will have an impact far beyond Norway for sure. Here's my celebratory initial take: ofboysandmen.substack.com/p/look-to-norw…

This from Christine Emba summarized n Ms. Magazine: msmagazine.com/2024/04/25/men…

Watch Lisa Damour, PhD and Richard V. Reeves discuss our latest commentary on how 'Boys are suffering too. Here's how we miss that.':

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'Richard V. Reeves, founding president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, has argued that schools should “redshirt” boys, having them start school a year after girls. That would, he argues, account for boys’ slower neurological development.'

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The graph presents the enrollment rates of college-going men and women aged 18-24 across the entire population and within the four largest racial and ethnic groups.

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It’s currently neck and neck between me & Big Think (36%) on the friendship recession (tagging Daniel Cox & American Enterprise Institute) and the BBC (34%) with 2 days remaining.

In February 2023, the media picked up on the findings of an alarming CDC report on girls' mental health in 2021.

57% of teenage girls felt sad or hopeless, compared to 29% of boys, and girls were twice as likely to say they considered or attempted suicide. Yet, adolescent boys…

'...if roughly half the population’s mental health is under-regarded and consequently under-addressed, that’s bad for everyone. We are doing a better job of noticing the emotional distress of our teen girls. It is time to pay the same attention to our teen boys.'

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“It could be that the very idea of educational excellence is being coded more female.” Richard V. Reeves, long-time scholar of #masculinity , explains the persistent and historical gap in which men trail women in #HigherEd : bit.ly/43TDqyt

College enrollment gender gaps on college campuses have been steadily widening since the 1980s.

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Of students who started college in 2016, the 6-year completion rates at 4-year institutions showed a 7 percentage-point gap (61% for men versus 68% for women), compared to a 6 percentage-point gap in 1996 (52% for men versus 58% for women).

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Men are less likely to go to college directly out of high school.

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New Analysis:

Men make up only 42% of college graduates. Our latest research brief examines the trends in male higher educational achievement, focusing on their lower enrollment and completion rates. These gaps hold across most institution types and racial groups, but are…

Boys' reported depression rates have surged by 161%, slightly surpassing the 145% increase in girls since 2010.

Our youth is going through a mental health epidemic.

What could be the cause? What solutions are there?

Jonathan Haidt discusses these questions and more in his new book,…

In the construction industry where roughly 9 in 10 employees are men (BLS-Labor Statistics), the suicide rate is 56 per 100,000 for males (@CDCgov), 3 times the rate of the general population.

Bechtel Corporation and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention have formed a partnership to help save lives in the construction…