The Man Meltdown
Men stand at the pinnacle of politics, business and culture. Why are they so angry?
Won’t somebody please think of the men? Actually, it turns out that men, their needs and insecurities are getting an awful lot of attention these days. From the “manosphere” of bro podcasters partially credited with reelecting Donald Trump to the worrying decline in male enrollment rates at colleges to all the buzz about Netflix’s powerful four-part youth crime drama Adolescence, men and their problems are (again) at the white-hot center of cultural discourse.
But while masculinity is back in fashion and remains at the pinnacle of global finance, politics and culture, men are still deeply troubled about their place in the world. Data shows that boys and young men are struggling in school and are not well positioned for jobs in growing industries. They’re also desperately searching for new role models and fashion icons. And in the most undignified blow, men are having to make room on a perch they once thoroughly dominated: the bench press at the local gym.
Who’s thinking of the men? With this special section of Bloomberg Businessweek, someone finally is.
