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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The huge and widening gap in education outcomes for boys vs girls starts well before university, and is the root of the growing political divergence of men and women. And yet you rarely hear anything about it from Democrats or the left. When Richard Reeves was writing Of Boys and Men, he was struck by how many educators and parents who are troubled by the gender gap were reluctant to go on the record to talk about it. The fear seems to be that speaking up about disparities hurting boys and men = MRA = right-wing. Conservatives aren’t the only ones who treat gender as a zero sum game.
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I would agree with this. There is also a lack of strong male role models that are appealing to young men, which is why so many are drawn to Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson etc. These men promote masculinity in a way that is of course toxic, but they give young men someone who speaks to them and "cares" about them. My suspicion is it is rooted in the mental health epidemic prevalent in young men because they lack strong social connections because of social media.