Boys and men are trending downward in education, employment, and mental health. Richard Reeves, author of the book Of Boys and Men, has some solutions that don’t come at the expense of women and girls. Steve pushes him to go further.

SOURCE:
- Richard Reeves, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, and author.

RESOURCES:
- Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It, by Richard Reeves (2022).
- "The Crisis of Men and Boys," by David Brooks (The New York Times, 2022).
- Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It, by Richard Reeves (2017).
- "An Empirical Analysis of the Gender Gap in Mathematics," by Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2010).
- John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand, by Richard Reeves (2007)

EXTRA:
- "What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).

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