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Toxic Lack of Masculinity

Even the New York Times acknowledges that kids suffer without fathers around.

Maybe this marriage thing is going to catch on, and having children will become popular again after our era of historically low birthrates. This column noted last year:

Few babies and sad, lonely adults may not seem like the ideal ingredients for a cultural revival. But some cheerful champions of marriage, family and faith are finding new cause for optimism. Their buoyancy comes from evidence that their ideas work and also a sense that cultural elites—having tried plenty of ideas that don’t—may finally be willing to consider practical solutions to society’s problems.

One of the cheerful champions is the University of Virginia’s Brad Wilcox, who seems to have found some compelling new evidence for the thesis that cultural elites are willing to listen. After reading a recent edition of the New York Times, he posts on X:

Even NYT is noticing:

Too many boys-esp. low-income ones-don’t have men in their lives. 3 exceptions where boys encounter men:

✔️ Scouts
✔️ Sports
✔️ Church

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