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Richard V. Reeves
Personal blog · ofboysandmen.substack.compoliticsculture
Richard V. Reeves writes Of Boys and Men, a personal blog at ofboysandmen.substack.com about politics and culture. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Why Boys and Men?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Richard V. Reeves's Substack on men and boys, covering topics like the gender pay gap and trends among US men. Commenters cite its posts as sources for points on economics and social change.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
rising to the challenges faced by the modern male.
Most-linked posts?
- Why Boys and Men?3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-09-12
What Hacker News says?
There are some problems brewing in society for quite some time now. A demographic for which things changed too much, too fast, and not at all for the better will sooner or later react in a way nobody will like. I remember reading an article [0] a few years ago that was surprising at first and then when I looked around it wasn’t so surprising anymore. [0] https://ofboysandmen.substack.com/p/why-boys-and-men
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on “Notes on Being a Man”Submitted Why Boys and Men? as a story · 31 points
HN discussionOne thing to note from https://ofboysandmen.substack.com/p/the-gender-pay-gap-is-no... is this when comparing same-sex and opposite-sex couples: "the impact on earnings for the birth mother is [almost identical in both family types]( https://www.ifau.se/globalassets/pdf/se/2016/wp2016-08-does-... ). Meanwhile, the nonbirth mothers in the lesbian couples show a similar earnings pattern to fathers in the heterosexual…
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on “2023 Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Claudia Goldin”Submitted Honey or Vinegar? Sex discrimination lawsuits filed by men as a story · 6 points
HN discussionthe author has a substack, if you wish to read: https://ofboysandmen.substack.com/
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on “Scholar identifies alarming trends among US men”Submitted The modern male is struggling as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Not Redshirt the Boys? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion