What's astounding is that so many contemporary pundits act as if this "crisis* of The American Male" is anything new
Making sense of the men's movement.
reason.com
Note what's said in the first few minutes here
This was written during the late 80s-early 90s
*RJ Samuelson's sage observation about our contemporary usage of the word "crisis" is instructive here:
"Few words are more overused in our debates than “crisis.” We have many — the education crisis, the inequality crisis and the environmental crisis, to name just a few. The word suggests an impending calamity unless we take instant action. The reality is that most crises are not calamities. They’re stubborn problems that, for one reason or another, defy a sweeping solution. Life goes on. The “crisis” label is mostly a public-relations device designed to attract attention"
Same thing is true of "men's issuues". Most of these troubles are complicated subjects for which there are no true "solutions", so much as there are various ways to reduce human suffering, and increase access opportunities for one and all
