What It Means To Be A Real Man Today

Shifting gender roles and mixed cultural messages have left many guys confused about their place in society—and where they fit in your life.

- Jack Meyers

“When I tell guys I’ve written a book about the future of men, lots of them say, ‘Wait, you mean we have a future?’ Their responses are meant as a joke, but they offer insight into how marginalised many guys in their 20s and 30s feel these days.

I know that seems surprising— maybe even offensive—given the current climate, but hear me out: even though a woman has yet to shatter that highest and hardest glass ceiling, research shows that males are losing ground to females in arenas outside the Oval Office. Check out these stats: in most urban areas of the US, single, childless females under 30 are out-earning young men by almost 10 percent. [India’s urban female work-force participation has been growing 5.6% annually since 1991, and in a global survey by PwC, educated, female millennials in India (76%) are most confident of reaching top levels with their current employer, versus a global average of 49%.