Men face a growing crisis marked by bleak outcomes for boys, including falling graduation rates, reduced employment prospects, and poor mental-health results. A parallel “manosphere” has intensified these discontents. New cultural works attempt to diagnose men’s problems and propose paths forward. These works often feature two broad types: damaged, sometimes violent men in series such as “Half Man,” and softer, emotionally attuned protagonists in shows like “Heated Rivalry” and “DTF St. Louis.” The neat categories break down in real life, and obsessing over idealized models of manhood can worsen the problem. A recurring answer is to focus on being a person rather than learning how to be a man.
""Usually, if I'm thinking about being a man, it is in a self-reproving or self-indicting way that is not helpful to the situation," Cunningham says. "When you're asking how to be a man, often the real answer is just how to be a person.""
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