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In reply to the discussion: The danger posed by Mens Rights Activists and similar groups [View all]davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Something is wrong with the boys in this country. And it's not getting any attention. The DOE statistics show there is a problem.
The test scores for boys are going down. Their suicide rates and rates of depression is going up. Less and less boys are going to college. Less are learning new skills. Income for young males are declining, and unemployment is rising for that age group. They've lost motivation. They are developing a social anxiety. Many are sitting around not knowing where to go in life and become withdrawn.
Whether it is the schools, teachers, parents, curriculum, the economy, the media...I don't know. But the fact is that the statistics don't lie. The trends have been continuing for over 2 decades. It's not about being right or left wing. Something is wrong and society is right now ignoring it because ALL the attention has been on girls for the last 40 years.
It's starting to look like the Japanese youth in the 1990s and early 2000s. This was called "the lost generation" in that country and they are still struggling because of it. We also see it in parts of Europe especially Italy where an increasing number of adult males are sticking with their parents into their 30s and even 40s, delaying their careers, marriage, and fatherhood.