Are Men Done? They Are Failing at School, Work, and Life.
Richard V. Reeves documents terrible trends and suggests solutions that don't come at the expense of women.
HD DownloadOver the past 50 years, boys and men have lost ground at school and work and they're living shorter lives. They're less likely than women to graduate from high school and college or to earn advanced degrees. They're dropping out of the labor force in record numbers and account for two-thirds of so-called deaths of despair stemming from suicide, alcoholism, and drug overdoses..
The Brookings Institution scholar Richard V. Reeves documents these and other, equally dark developments in Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What To Do About It. He analyzes the structural factors exacerbating these trends—such as the changing nature of work in a postindustrial economy—and suggests solutions that don't come at the expense of women.
Reeves was our guest at the Reason Speakeasy, a monthly, unscripted conversation in New York City with outspoken defenders of free thinking and heterodoxy in an era of conformity and groupthink.
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It is really interesting that the Smart People (elites) believe that white men can be controlled. I gave up on mainstream women, their society, and the jobs they require. I have advanced degrees and a professional license. Nonetheless, with my carpentry and other muscular skills, I choose to abandon mainstream society for the margins walking off the job. Skilled labor has done this through millenia.
I moved to a nice neighborhood in a crime and drug infested section of Philadelphia, PA named Kensington. Here, in my late 40s I was able to “Date” young (±23 y/o) attractive, and fertile girls / women. Often enticing them with a promise of $50.
Once these girls, they were girls to me, were in my neat, clean and modern (washer / dryer, central air, etc.) home, they would often stay for weeks. I thoroughly enjoyed buying fast fashion seeing it on their lythe bodies and scattered about the house. The hair-care products, and other girlie things were nice too. A favorite game was to play make-up as a man in his late 50s w/ a girl lover. I don’t get any better than that !!
That was all yesterday. I have paired off with a real beauty producing girl children. At my advanced age (now ~62) I am eager to continue my third set of issue hopefully w/ twins this time. Real men will always attract fertile young women. Just like Briar Rabbit, you threw me into the briar patch.
AND NOW, it appears many, perhaps 25%, will die or be disabled from the mRNA experimental emergency injection. May God be with them. Nonetheless, their bad luck is my good luck. With my skills and education, plenty of work be around here. Just like in the middle ages, it is looking like surviving skilled labor can demand its price.
Life be good in the provincial wilderness of Philadelphia, PA. C-Ya weirdos. Life goes on.