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Common Ground with Jane Whitney

What’s the Matter with Men

Season 5 Episode 503

Incel. Misogyny. Toxic masculinity. Men are powering a type of reactionary politics, premised on a return to a time when men could be men. It’s a response to the malaise engulfing men and threatens the entire social order. Common Ground examines this national epidemic and discusses how we can provide boys with a more positive and inclusive social narrative of masculinity.

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