Only a fraction (10.4%) of Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Reeves said, 'The two most commonly-used words by suicidal men to describe themselves were useless and worthless.'īut even to suggest there's some kind of male crisis is perilous these days, said Reeves: 'Merely raising it will cause people to eye roll, and say, 'Really? Ten thousand years of patriarchy, and now you're worried?''Īfter all, women still earn only about 80 cents for every dollar earned by a man (according to Pew Research Center). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21% of men report binge drinking (almost double the rate of women), and men account for nearly 80% of suicide deaths (four times the rate for women).

Bureau of Labor Statistics, men's participation in the labor market has dropped more than 7% in the last 50 years. In short, he says millions of boys and men don't understand how or where they fit anymore, and their reaction is to generally disconnect. 'But actually, what is the answer today? A lot of these guys just don't know.' 'What does it mean to be a successful man today? That was a question that was pretty easy to answer a generation or two ago,' said Reeves. Reeves, who's just launched the American Institute for Boys and Men, fears that things have changed so quickly, it's left many boys and men struggling to catch up, not just in the classroom, but at work and at home, too. It's been theorized girls and women today are just fulfilling their destiny – that once the limitations on their achievements were lifted, they soared. Those with the lowest grades, two-thirds of them are boys.'

Reeves said, 'If you look at high school GPA, and those who are getting the best grades in high school, two-thirds of them are girls. Nationwide, women make up almost 60% of college undergraduates. That's where we are.' At the University of Vermont in Burlington, nearly two-thirds of the freshman class (62%) are women. 'Sure, at a public flagship in the state of Vermont, I've thought about geographic diversity. 'Sure, I thought about racial and ethnic diversity,' Jacobs said. His job is all about student diversity, and these days the male/female divide is now part of that equation. 'You see six or seven women for every three or four men,' said UVM's vice provost for enrollment Jay Jacobs. At first glance one might have thought this was an all-women's college – 62% of this year's class are women, a gender gap that has earned Burlington, Vt., a nickname: Girlington. About a thousand incoming freshman were meeting their roommates, finding their dorm rooms, and getting settled on campus. The effect of gender disparities on men 08:44Īt the University of Vermont not long ago, it was move-in day for the class of 2027.

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