A Shocking Turn in the War on Men - Richard Reeves - #1087

0:00What has changed, or how has the debate about boys and men adapted since we last spoke?

0:06What's new?

0:07I think when we last spoke, I was still frustrated that there was no sort of political space for this.

0:12I think people have become aware things aren't great with boys and men.

0:16There was raised awareness of it, but I still felt, maybe particularly on the center-left, that it was difficult to actually do anything about it.

0:24And that's changed.

0:26I used to say one of my talking points used to be that it was very hard to get people, especially on the political left, to actually do anything about this problem.

0:33First of all, we have to get them to talk about it.

0:34A, it's a problem.

0:35B, we can talk about it.

0:36And then C, we can do something about it.

0:39And I can't say that anymore.

0:40We've got governors, Governor Newsome, Governor Whitmer, Governor Wesmore in Maryland, also Governor Spencer Cox in Utah, all of whom have got pretty serious initiatives now to try and promote boys and men.

0:52We've got, as I'm speaking to you now, two bills have just been introduced to Congress to create a men's health strategy in office and to help men with their mental health after fatherhood, right?