The United States today is engaged in two conversations that appear, at first blush, to be entirely unconnected.

The first focuses on men and boys. As Richard Reeves, founder of the American Institute for Boys and Men, has highlighted, younger-generation American males are increasingly despondent. The stereotype is of young men perpetually playing video games in their parents’ basements, too depressed and shut in to ask women out. But such exaggeration shouldn’t eclipse the broader and more subtle reality. You don’t have to be an incel to believe that the “system” is fundamentally broken and rigged against your success. Paid Promoted Stories Avoid These Health Trends Like The Plague, Doctor Begs Seniors enrichyourfood.com Ad is Hidden Please tell us why you hid this ad?

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