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The data are clear: The boys are not all right
The Washington Post ^ | Feb 8, 2022 | Andrew Yang

Posted on 02/08/2022 9:07:15 PM PST by anthropocene_x

Boys and men across all regions and ethnic groups have been failing, both absolutely and relatively, for years. This is catastrophic for our country.

Men now make up only 40.5 percent of college students. Male community college enrollment declined by 14.7 percent in 2020 alone, compared with 6.8 percent for women. Median wages for men have declined since 1990 in real terms. Roughly one-third of men are either unemployed or out of the workforce. More U.S. men ages 18 to 34 are now living with their parents than with romantic partners.

More than two-thirds of manufacturing workers are men; the sector has lost more than 5 million jobs since 2000. That’s a lot of unemployed men. Not just coincidentally, “deaths of despair” — those caused by suicide, overdose and alcoholism — have surged to unprecedented levels among middle-aged men over the past 20 years.

Yes, men have long had societal advantages over women and in some ways continue to be treated favorably. But male achievement — alongside that of women — is a condition for a healthy society. And male failure begets male failure, to society’s detriment. Our media, institutions and public leadership have failed to address this crisis, framing boys and men as the problem themselves rather than as people requiring help. This needs to change. Helping boys and men succeed should be a priority for all our society’s institutions.

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TOPICS: Education; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: culture; men; women
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To: kearnyirish2
What class action suit do you bring against a Supreme Court ruling?

How about starting with class action lawsuits against school systems that allow girls to assault boys, which is a crime?

It's easy. If you wouldn't allow boys to do it to girls, don't allow girls to do it to boys. No one could argue against that.

If you don’t see men being marginalized in the larger culture

I do see it, but I also see men doing it to other men. Think about this. In the 70s the feminists molded the school systems so that while boys were still taught never to hit girls, girls were allowed to do anything they wanted to the boys. Fathers saw this and did nothing, that is when they weren't siding with the girls and the schools AGAINST their own sons. Whose fault is it when those boys grow up to be the judges who screw them over in family court?

Once we've raised our boys to think with the heads that have the brains in them, maybe we can reverse some of this.

61 posted on 02/10/2022 4:15:49 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

I’m not aware of a single school district that allows girls to assault boys; they’d quickly be sued into oblivion (and no class-action suit is required).

As for judges, nobody is electing them; leftist politicians appoint the worst ones.

The boys are thinking with their heads, and we’re living with the fallout of that (few marriages/children, and imported replacements to keep housing, classrooms, and store aisles full).


62 posted on 02/11/2022 3:30:12 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2
Yours has to be the most delusional post I've ever read, but we'll go there.

I’m not aware of a single school district that allows girls to assault boys; they’d quickly be sued into oblivion (and no class-action suit is required).

Just about every public school I went to allowed it. The fathers knew it and did nothing about it.

As for judges, nobody is electing them; leftist politicians appoint the worst ones.

I suppose now you're going to tell me no male judge has ever ruled in favor of a pretty face either to score points with her or another women.

The boys are thinking with their heads, and we’re living with the fallout of that (few marriages/children, and imported replacements to keep housing, classrooms, and store aisles full).

This talk of a "marriage strike" is nothing but an attempt to put lipstick on a pig. These boys are growing up to be the men that shoot their sperm all over the landscape, and then get hit with child support payments for children they have no rights to and may not even be theirs. Men are always pointing this out, but when it comes time to organize and do something about it, nothing.

Those boys are also growing up to be the men that spend billions on prostitution alone, billions that could have funded the fight against the discrimination men are always complaining about.

63 posted on 02/11/2022 4:30:51 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

That’s nutty - that many fathers, MOTHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS allowed these assaults? Guess I missed that in my ‘70s school days...

Sure, judges can be swayed - that is part of the problem.

I’m not putting lipstick on a pig; the demographic effects are devastating and can’t be concealed anymore. The problem for women is that men that could actually be sucked dry on child support have learned to stop spreading their sperm around - so desperate lonely women are increasingly finding themselves with less desirable characters as sperm donors. Never mind marriage - many young men don’t even date or hook up anymore.

As for where those men are spending their money, I can’t attest to that; if they spend it on whores, it is so they don’t have to talk to them in the morning (shout out to “Chef” from “South Park”).


64 posted on 02/12/2022 4:44:43 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: kearnyirish2
That’s nutty - that many fathers, MOTHERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS allowed these assaults? Guess I missed that in my ‘70s school days...

I'll let the readers decide, but here's an example of this: HE LEARNED AT AGE 5: BOYS NEVER HIT GIRLS

Nowhere is it mentioned that either the father or the mother told his sister it was wrong to hit boys.

Here's more for your reading pleasure.

Bing: why are girls allowed to hit boys

Sure, judges can be swayed - that is part of the problem.

Yes, that is part of the problem. The other parts are why are they being swayed, and why aren't men speaking out against it?

I’m not putting lipstick on a pig; the demographic effects are devastating and can’t be concealed anymore. The problem for women is that men that could actually be sucked dry on child support have learned to stop spreading their sperm around - so desperate lonely women are increasingly finding themselves with less desirable characters as sperm donors. Never mind marriage - many young men don’t even date or hook up anymore.

No problem, women will have babies without husbands. In fact, 40% of babies born in the US are born to single mothers.

But what if the father can't afford to pay child support? No problem. The government will pay for that and the father's room and board. Whose pocket will that money come from?

As for where those men are spending their money, I can’t attest to that;

Allow me to help you.

Prostitution Revenue By Country

9 Things You Didn't Know About American Prostitution

if they spend it on whores, it is so they don’t have to talk to them in the morning (shout out to “Chef” from “South Park”).

If they spent that money supporting the MRAs who are fighting for their rights instead of whores, a lot of the injustices they're trying to avoid would be eliminated.

65 posted on 02/12/2022 8:09:01 AM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

I assure you women voted for the outsourcing more than men did.


66 posted on 02/13/2022 5:28:50 AM PST by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: 9YearLurker

I am guessing you are over 70 years old.


67 posted on 02/13/2022 5:37:58 AM PST by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Grey182

Not nearly. What, are you a Gramps yourself?


68 posted on 02/13/2022 5:42:33 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Me, no. You just sound like someone who grew up in a world without feminists.


69 posted on 02/13/2022 5:59:39 AM PST by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Grey182

You sound clueless about actual women.


70 posted on 02/13/2022 6:02:05 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

You sound clueless, period.


71 posted on 02/13/2022 8:05:25 AM PST by Grey182 (Trump won, Benedict is still Pope & Jeffery Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Grey182

Now you’ve really hurt my feelings!


72 posted on 02/13/2022 8:20:58 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: MinorityRepublican

The public school system makes other people’s daughters and sons into feminists.


73 posted on 02/13/2022 1:43:08 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Organic Panic

MGTOW fails to address fatherhood.


74 posted on 02/13/2022 1:44:48 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Arcadian Empire
The public school system makes other people’s daughters and sons into feminists.

We don't have to put up with that. Home school your kids. Send them to private schools. Or move to another location (ideally in a rural area where the school board is likely to be more conservative).

If you allow your children to be indoctrinated by a woke school district, then that's on you.

75 posted on 02/13/2022 1:47:33 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: kearnyirish2

MGTOW does not provide a viable path for the fulfillment of fatherhood.


76 posted on 02/13/2022 1:48:55 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Angelino97

We live in a matriarchy.

It accords responsibilities without rights to men.

A revolution was once fought about taxation without representation.


77 posted on 02/13/2022 1:52:10 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Hardastarboard

Tattooed blubber is not the beautifier that butch harlots want to believe it is.


78 posted on 02/13/2022 1:55:00 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Based on that contention, please state the protections that you endorse for men whose wives file for divorce in cases where there was no violence, adultery, or desertion.


79 posted on 02/13/2022 1:58:40 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: 9YearLurker

Based on that contention, please state the protections that you endorse for men whose wives file for divorce in cases where there was no violence, adultery, or desertion.


80 posted on 02/13/2022 1:59:06 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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