Is America Finally Waking Up To Our Boy Crisis?
Two years ago, I wrote the article “America Has a Boy Crisis” for Evie Magazine. At the time, I was beyond frustrated with our collective refusal to acknowledge and address the many issues that our nation’s boys and young men are facing.
The term "boy crisis" comes from Dr. Warren Farrell’s book The Boy Crisis, which extensively describes the perilous decline of young men in today’s society. For years, I was one of many who were advocating for boys and men, getting dragged through the trenches by raging online haters, misinformed people, and, well, even family and friends. During that time, President Biden had unveiled his new White House Gender Policy Council, which, to no one’s surprise, only stood for addressing issues negatively affecting girls and women, while ignoring the many issues negatively affecting boys and men. Those of us bringing attention to the new administration’s error were scoffed at or attacked by armies of trolls.