Dr. Warren Farrell is the author of The Boy Crisis, Why Men Earn More, and Role Mate to Soul Mate. So why are so many boys struggling in school, dropping out, and feeling lost in life? Why are suicide rates among men four times higher than women? And why do so few people seem willing to talk about it?Expect to learn why fatherlessness is the single biggest predictor of male struggles, what “dad deprivation” really does to boys, and how the empathy gap between men and women makes it harder to have honest conversations, why many men are emotionally unavailable, what the “happy wife, happy life” myth gets wrong, and how we can start to rebuild healthy relationships between men and women.
00:00 – Why young men are struggling today
03:00 – Fatherlessness and “dad deprivation”
07:00 – How family breakdown affects boys and girls differently
10:30 – What is The Boy Crisis?
13:00 – Male suicide rates and mental health gaps
16:00 – Why it’s so hard to talk about men’s issues
18:00 – The empathy gap explained
22:00 – “I wish I wasn’t born male” – the identity crisis in boys
26:00 – Feminism, pay gaps, and reframing male privilege
34:00 – The difference between male privilege and male responsibility
43:00 – How communication breakdown leads to divorce and the boy crisis
60:00 – Emotional unavailability in men and where it comes from
74:00 – Sport, suppression, and emotional unavailability
78:00 – Creating emotional safety in relationships
83:00 – What makes a good man
85:00 – The importance of fatherhood and role models
87:00 – Where to find Dr. Warren Farrell’s work
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