This chapter explores gender representation in various professions, focusing on how cultural perceptions change as the gender balance shifts. It emphasizes the impact of reaching a cultural tipping point on organizational culture, particularly in male-dominated fields like STEM and the educational sector.
Many boys and men in America are doing worse than girls and women in education while struggling with a culture that struggles to define what masculinity is in the 21st century. Is this a problem? Richard Reeves thinks so which is why he started the American Institute for Boys and Men. Listen as Reeves discusses the state of boys and men and what might be done about it with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.