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Men Losing Stable Family Roles
- Men are increasingly excluded from stable family roles as marriage rates fall and unmarried births rise.
- Lionel Tiger links singlehood to higher risks for men and their children across crime, drug use, and suicide.
Institutions Perpetuate Male Marginalization
- Cultural and institutional shifts have worsened men's position since Tiger's book, in his view.
- He cites college rape-seminars and affirmative action for women as examples that marginalize men on campus.
Contraception Changed Male Incentives
- The birth control pill shifted reproductive control to women and reduced men's leverage in forming lasting partnerships.
- Tiger argues this biological change explains much of men's social decline more than purely economic causes.