The Book that Sparked a National Conversation A Barack Obama 2024 Summer Reading SelectionAnEconomistBest Book of 2022ANew YorkerBest Book of 2022Boys and men are struggling. Profound economic and social changes of recent decades have many losing ground in the classroom, the workplace, and in the family. While the lives of women have changed, the lives of many men have remained the same or even worsened. In this widely praised book, Richard Reeves, father of three sons, a journalist, and now the president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, tackles the complex and urgent crisis of boyhood and manhood. He argues that our attitudes, our institutions, and our laws have failed to keep up. Conservative and progressive politicians, mired in their own ideological warfare, fail to provide thoughtful solutions. Reeves looks at the structural challenges that face boys and men and offers fresh and innovative solutions that turn the page on the corrosive narrative that plagues this issue.Of Boys and Menargues that helping the other half of society does not mean giving up on the ideal of gender equality.

Reeves looks at the structural challenges that face boys and men and offers fresh and innovative solutions that turn the page on the corrosive narrative that plagues this issue. Of Boys and Men argues that helping the other half of society does not mean giving up on the ideal of gender equality.

Preface: Worried Dad to Worried Wonk Part I: The Male Malaise Girls Rule: Boys Are Behind in EducationWorking Man Blues: Men Are Losing Ground in the Labor MarketDislocated Dads: Fathers Have Lost Their Traditional Role in the FamilyPart II: Double Disadvantage Dwight's Glasses: Black Boys and Men Face Acute ChallengesClass Ceiling: Poor Boys and Men Are SufferingNon-Responders: Policies Aren't Helping Boys and MenPart III: Biology and Culture Making Men: Nature and Nurture Both MatterPart IV: Political Stalemate Progressive Blindness: The Political Left Is in DenialSeeing Red: The Political Right Wants to Turn Back the ClockPart V: What to Do Redshirt the Boys: Boys Need an Extra Year in the ClassroomMen Can HEAL: Getting Men into the Jobs of the FutureNew Dads: Fatherhood as an Independent Social InstitutionEpilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index