I Got You, This Is What to Do, This Is How to Be

Episode 67: Richard Reeves - The Quiet Despair Of Modern Men

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I Got You, This Is What to Do, This Is How to Be

I think of this now as like we had a script which was like the old one, breadwinner, husband and we tore that up because of the rise of women's economic independence. They used to be a script for women. We tore that up but we replaced it with this incredibly empowering new script which we've talked about. So there's this new script now for being a woman which is really incredibly positive but we didn't replace the male one. And so the result is basically a lot of men have been thrust onto the stage and had the script torn out there and sort of torn up in front of them literally as they enter the stage. From walking on from the wings, a Jordan

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