It was a typical Sunday for me. I woke up, watched a bunch of YouTube videos before looking for volunteer opportunities and making lunch. I wasn’t looking for anything specific in the volunteer opportunities – just something with low commitment, short hours, near public transportation, and something to get me out of the apartment.
During my browsing the internet, I came across the New Yorker article “What’s The Matter With Men?”. This was an interesting read about how the modern man is falling behind the modern woman in various aspects and it introduced me to the book “Of Boys and Men”.
The book describes the current world where boys and men are not doing as well as girls and women academically and in the workplace. The author Richard V. Reeves acknowledges that there is still more progress to be made to improve women and their standing in society, but we are losing track of another population that needs more help – particularly boys and men who have less financial means.
I’d recommend everyone to read this book. It does a good job at highlighting some strengths and flaws with the mainstream perspectives about men and women in society and offers some ideas about how to improve society as a whole, instead of zero sum game between men and women.
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