![]() ![]() ![]() Most students, most, came from basically similar backgrounds and were not likely capable of saying anything in a classroom or in a dorm that would make another student in the group feel attacked or erased because of their membership in the group that he or she, usually he, came from. Forty years ago, it was fairly straightforward. If you have attended a university in the past five years or so or perhaps are about to or live near one or work in one, then you know that one of the hottest issues stirring up campuses is the question of how best to respect and to accommodate the perspectives and also the sensitivities of students who belong to traditionally marginalized groups. It is in this context that we debate the following question: Are Men Finished and Should We Help Them? This debate will be released through our podcast channels: Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts, our Open to Debate YouTube channel, website and National Public Radio on April 14, 2023. Therein should reside society’s larger focus. There is still much to be done, they argue. Women also routinely confront harassment and discrimination in the workplace, and elsewhere. The pay gap has narrowed, they acknowledge. But women still earn less than men, and hold fewer executive positions. Yes, women are doing better professionally than they were in the past. They could use a hand, some say, lest these rates worsen. Meanwhile, men face higher levels of substance abuse, more overdoses, higher incarceration rates, lower life expectancies, and suicide levels that are nearly four times as high as women. Women, by contrast, are not only enrolling – and graduating – from university in higher numbers – but once they graduate, according to a 2018 McKinsey Report, they at times report negotiating for raises more than men. manufacturing jobs, largely brought on increased international competition, which became especially pronounced after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Economists often point to a steady erosion of U.S. That rate has fallen more than 10 percentage points over the past half-century. As women’s participation in the labor force climbs, men are dropping out in record numbers. ![]()
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