Gender Debate

What’s Happening to Young Men Today?

⚡ “The war on boys is real—and it’s fueling a masculinity crisis.” A 2025 Deseret News piece put it bluntly: young men are growing up feeling attacked for simply being men. And psychology is tangled right in the middle of this fight. 👉 The American Psychological Association’s 2019 guidelines claimed that conforming to traditional masculinity harms men’s mental health. Critics, though, argue that this pathologizes normal male behavior. 👉 A 2025 meta-analysis in the International Journal of Psychology found that men endorsing traditional roles face stigma—leading to less help-seeking, more isolation, and a deeper mental health crisis. 👉 Politically, gender quotas and equity pushes are sidelining men—especially in education. According to 2025 New York Times data, boys are now the minority in college. Add to this feminism’s shift from equality to what often feels like supremacy in certain circles, plus San Francisco polls showing young men rejecting feminism altogether. Then throw in the rise of the manosphere and online misogyny—what UN Women in 2025 links directly to suppressed masculinity—and you’ve got a perfect storm. Here’s the truth: masculinity isn’t the problem. Suppressing it is. And until society figures that out, the “war on boys” is going to keep bleeding into broken men, broken families, and broken futures. 💬 Do you think we’re in a masculinity crisis—or is this just society reshaping manhood? Drop your take below 👇