In the wake of #MeToo, changing workplace norms left many men unsure of how to behave. But was that confusion genuine — or just an excuse? On “The Opinions,” Frederick Joseph argues that many men became “childlike during that time.”

Films like “Inside Out” raise questions about how we portray boys’ emotional lives. “It just felt like every time that a male character appeared onscreen in that movie, they were an emotional idiot,” Ruth Whippman says on “The Opinions.”

A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.

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A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.

A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.

Many Gen Z men who voted for Donald Trump are dismayed by his time in office. But they say they are not hearing an appealing pitch from Democrats, either.

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