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2010s Pop Feminism: A Painful Look Back (yt.artemislena.eu)

Lessons from 15 years as a stay-at-home father (www.theatlantic.com)

The ‘manning up of boys begins in the cradle.’ But what boys really need is emotional support from their dads (www.wbur.org)

"Women/Girls love a man with confidence"

I’ve been thinking about this recently and it’s one of those innocent sayings that are quite insensitive. Growing up I heard this quite a lot, usually in response to being shy about asking someone out....

The Gendering of Holiday Labor (daily.jstor.org)

Where did the construction workers go? (www.npr.org)

The gist of it: with each passing decade there’s a growing shortage of construction laborers, resulting in large wait times for housing to be built. Some analysts wonder why the key demographic isn’t showing up....

‘There Was Definitely a Thumb on the Scale to Get Boys’ - Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men. (www.nytimes.com)

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“My Brother Is So Far Gone”: How Male Influencers Turned The Men In These People’s Lives Toxic (www.buzzfeednews.com)

No, you don’t have to see your toxic family on Thanksgiving (www.theguardian.com)

To end violence against teen girls, start with teen boys (therapist.com)

Why men lose all their friends in midlife (www.telegraph.co.uk)

How ARCANE Writes Men (yt.artemislena.eu)

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What's the matter with men? 'Real masculinity' should look to queer community, Gen Z. (www.usatoday.com)

Pressure to Prove Your Manhood May Shorten Your Life (greatergood.berkeley.edu)

Online gaming communities could provide a lifeline for isolated young men − new research (theconversation.com)

NYT Opinion | Why Aren’t More People Marrying? Ask Women What Dating Is Like. (Gift Link) (www.nytimes.com)

This is a tough piece, one that I share without fully endorsing. It lays out the problems that women experience with some men, like that men are not getting college degrees at the same rate as women or the lack of emotional modelling provided to boys and young men:...

The Term Alpha Male Is All A Lie (www.iflscience.com)

From a young age, boys are expected to bulk up at the expense of their emotional and mental health. (www.yesmagazine.org)

The trouble with boys isn’t boys: "The way we talk about them has become the way to talk to them, and that’s not good for anybody." (www.bostonglobe.com)