In 2020, the Mantorshift Institute conducted a qualitative research project in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Austria, and Jordan. There were over 200 men interviewed of various age groups and ...
Men have long felt compelled to publicly perform masculinity, and when they don’t conform, they pay the price, whether through bullying, self-induced shame, or social isolation. In short, the pressure ...
Ms. Whippman is the author of “BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity.” Perhaps it’s a predictable irony that in an election cycle that could realistically deliver the first ...
This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. If you were alive in 2017—or better yet, ...