Of boys and men : why the modern male is struggling, why it matters, and what to do about it / Richard V. Reeves.
By: Reeves, Richard V [author.]
.Publisher: London : Swift Press, 2023Description: xiii, 242 pages : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781800751033.Subject(s): Men -- Social conditions | Boys -- Social conditions | Men -- Economic conditions | Boys -- Economic conditions | Masculinity | Men -- Psychology | Boys -- PsychologyDDC classification: 305.31 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Millbank Reading Room | WELLBEING 305.31 REE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Issued | 02/04/2024 | 022400 |
First published in the United States of America by Brookings Instiution Press, 2022.
Preface : worried dad to worried wonk -- I. The male malaise -- Girls rule : boys are behind in education -- Working man blues : men are losing ground in the labour market -- Dislocated dads : fathers have lost their traditional role in the family -- II. Double disadvantage -- Dwight's glasses : Black boys and men face acute challenges -- Class ceiling : poor boys and men are suffering -- Non-responders : policies aren't helping men and boys -- III. Biology and culture -- Making men : nature and nurture both matter -- IV. Political stalemate -- Progressive blindness : the political left is in denial -- Seeing red : the political right wants to turn back the clock -- V. What to do -- Redshirt the boys : boys need an extra year in the classroom -- Men can HEAL : getting men into the jobs of the future -- New dads : fatherhood as an independent social institution.