The Russell Moore Show Richard Reeves on Why Young Men Are Struggling
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Feb 25, 2026 Richard Reeves, founding president of the American Institute for Boys and Men and author of Of Boys and Men, explores why many young men are drifting rather than thriving. He surveys rising male loneliness, education gaps, screen withdrawal, body‑image pressures, and the loss of a compelling vision of manhood. The conversation spotlights the need for rites of passage, formation, and institutions that say: we need you.
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No New Script For Modern Manhood
- Tearing up old gender scripts left men with no compelling replacement, producing improvisation rather than purpose.
- Richard Reeves: women got a powerful new script of independence, but men largely received 'there isn't one' for modern manhood.
Hard Data Showing Men's Growing Disadvantage
- Men face rising harms in measurable ways: education gaps, wage stagnation for less-educated men, and rising male suicide.
- Reeves: two‑thirds of top high-school GPAs are girls and male suicide under 30 up 30% since 2010.
Education Has Become More Female Friendly
- Schools unintentionally favor female learning styles as male teacher numbers fell and instruction became more abstract.
- Reeves: male teachers dropped from 33% in the 1980s to 23% now, and applied learning benefits many boys.
