Young Men Are in Crisis. Scolding Isn't Helping.

My Washington Examiner debut.

Men my age are in serious trouble. As young women have seen tremendous barriers to entry removed in sectors from STEM to the C-suite and gained tremendous personal and social capital as a result of this upward mobility, their male counterparts aren’t exactly following the trend.

On average, men my age are underperforming academically and taking fewer specialized courses — if they pursue higher education at all, which we’re also doing less on average. In three decades, the number of men reporting having zero close friends has jumped fivefold, while suicide rates among men 25-34 years old have risen by 34%. My generation’s tragic decline is, in far too many cases, quite literally a matter of life and death.

Such are the trends, and you’d be forgiven for thinking the problems end there. However, the proposed solutions are no less controversial. Many a think piece has cataloged the rise of the manosphere: a largely online world in which young men gravitate to outspoken cultural voices, ranging from kickboxer Andrew Tate and his university of hustlers to Ben Shapiro’s brand of fast-talking religious conservatism.

But if you’re actually trying to reach men my age who see the fringes of the manosphere as worth emulating, here’s one tip.

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