The data are clear: The boys are not all right
US-based cis-hetero white man here. The data reinforce the impression you get glancing at the headlines or spending a day out anywhere in America observing other men. Dare I say it even reinforces what I know from painful firsthand experience as a man, at the lowest points in my life. I was lucky though, with a supportive family who helped me through the confusing years of early adulthood.<p>You can point to the decline of organized religion and with it traditional gender roles, but then what explains the relative stability in post-Christian Europe? The China Shock combined with America&#x27;s threadbare social safety net starts looking more salient. We have inherited a much less trusting, much more alienated society than you are likely to find overseas.<p>Whatever the cause I fully reject the lazy conclusion this is somehow women&#x27;s fault. The &quot;Lump of Labor&quot;  fallacy is just that, a fallacy. Economic gains are not zero-sum.