Richard Reeves On The Male Vote

Manoj_Malhotra · 2024-11-11T23:49:18+00:00

Men and women under 44 moved to the right by the same percentage points per AP Votecast. The gender divide for the presidential vote is likely to be in line with past elections.

Reeves makes good points but be wary of folks looking to simply confirm their priors.

accu22 · 2024-11-12T02:34:57+00:00

I don't agree with everything Reeves says but he does hit on some good points.

Langland88 · 2024-11-12T09:48:43+00:00

Im glad it was PBS that is having this discussion. Maybe if PBS is the first to discuss this then others will follow.

Readshirt · 2024-11-12T15:56:12+00:00

Reeves makes a lot of salient points and I enjoyed his contributions.

I do think he needs to be a little firmer on the fact that there are some issues specifically faced by men where the issues are regulatory or legal, and financial. It is not 'neglect' alone, as he would like to maintain. Certainly a lot of it is, but there are specific ways that systems and institutions are set up at the moment that can be actively harmful towards men.

These are even encased in what he is talking about. Reducing the male suicide rate will involve addressing questions that make us uncomfortable. Men commit suicide not simply because they 'don't talk' etc, but because society is stacked against them and they are backed into a corner with no escape; massive debt with no support, losing children in a custody battle; chronic mistreatment or being judged and isolated when you are trying your best. There are a lot more readily available, visible, tangible, financial options for support available for women in these situations and others than men. Reducing the education gap for men, particularly working class men, will mean some redress of scholarship programs etc that at the moment are exclusively for women. Men need tangible support too, and that does come at a financial cost.

Hiding behind the "not a zero sum game" argument may be a way to make some progress and force the thin end of the wedge into public conversation - and perhaps this is what he is intending to do - but on the horizon it will need to be acknowledged that men do need specific support and improvements that will come from a finite pool of available money (and while we're at it, a justice system whose jurisprudence needs to be individual, not gendered), and that is not wrong.

SpicyMarshmellow · 2024-11-15T05:20:03+00:00

Dear god. There's an AskFeminists thread right now just posing an open question on what that community thinks of Richard Reeves. The vitriol is astounding.

Title	Richard Reeves On The Male Vote
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Date	November 11, 2024 11:33 PM UTC (1 year ago)
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