"[T]he men aren't all right," and now honest scholars are admitting it. Compared to what used to be typical, fewer men go to college or trade school, fewer get married, and fewer even have jobs.
Aspiration is good, the hope of achieving something. When too many of our men in the prime of life don't aspire to anything, it's a downward spiral.
Too many young men in the West "are settling for resignation, a sense that because a man is no longer needed or appreciated in society, the obvious thing to do is to abstain from participation." Sociologists have documented "a trending loss of life satisfaction."
One financial expert calls it "a crisis of the American male." The Barbie movie character "Ken" isn't a healthy role model.
(cont'd tomorrow)
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