Failing to redress the issues facing young men will push them further towards the far right
in several areas there is now a reverse gender gap, with boys, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, struggling to keep up with girls
Do you think this is an important issue?
What a wild thing to publish on International Women’s Day. Almost like this “we don’t talk about young men” stuff the media is pushing isn’t about helping young men but telling women to shut up.
“Faced by females”. There’s quite a bit of bioessentialism in this that attempts to essentially say violent men have no agency. Like I’m sorry, having a shitty childhood or high testosterone aren’t excuses. The culture shift needed to help young men is to treat them like people, capable of feeling the full range of human emotions, and part of being a person is being responsible for your actions.
Also, no amount of women capitulating to reactionary rhetoric is going to bring about a culture shift that young men don’t want, young men are just as responsible for making their lives better as everyone else. Yes, they need more support structures (we all do), but young men need to want to get better and I’m not sure a lot of them currently do.