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The Whole Person Revolution

For all the talk about the “crisis of masculinity,” few are providing a healthy vision for what masculinity in the twenty-first century could look like, and, perhaps more important, how men can get there. If becoming a man is better caught than taught, better modelled than talked about, what is going on that the formation seems increasingly rare in transmission? Richard Reeves, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, and Christine Emba, columnist at the Washington Post, weigh in. Cited pieces include Richard’s “What Men Are For” in the fall issue of Comment, and Christine’s July feature in the Post, “Men Are Lost. Here’s a Map Out of the Wilderness.”