Britain’s Crisis of Masculinity

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'It’s not looking good for the British male. The push for the parity of the sexes has left males far behind their female counterparts in pretty much everything, explains the Spectator’s Isabel Hardman.

Early in life, boys lag behind girls in every one of Britain’s official early learning goals such as listening, concentration, understanding, reading, writing, technology, mobility and dexterity.

Seven-year-old boys are 7 percent less likely to meet reading standards compared to 7-year-old girls. With age, that gap widens—8 percent by age 11, and 12 percent by age 13. While 66 percent of females pass high school with a grade of C or higher, only 56 percent of males do. This naturally leads to more women applying for college than men.

However, men do lead in something; they account for 77 percent of all suicides in the United Kingdom. Since 1981, the female suicide rate decreased by 50 percent while that of males decreased by only 8 percent.
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As Trumpet columnist Joel Hilliker wrote in “The Incredible Shrinking Man” in March 2013, it is incredible how the male is shrinking from his role as a strong, exemplary brother, father, provider, protector and helper of society. He wrote:

"The result is effectively a reversal of a male-female dynamic that has existed for virtually all of human history.

Feminists may celebrate, but more and more people are recognizing that this trend has come with some steep costs we’re only starting to see. Even women are frustrated with today’s breed of spineless, ambitionless manboys. There is a genuine problem here."'