The issue of why men are disengaging from the workplace is explored by Post Secondary Opportunity through analyzing labor statistics. This article is interesting and points the reader's attention to the declining role of labor traditionally associated with men is playing in the workforce today. The author claims that more men feel a sense of purposelessness and lack direction, increasing the risk of men disengaging from the labor force.
Most disturbing is the high rate of children who are raised (according to the author) "without fathers". The statistics show that forty percent of children living without a father in the home have not seen their fathers in over a year, while twenty-six percent of them have never stepped foot in their father's home. The distinct lack of male role models in this population leaves these children at a higher risk of child abuse, poor academic performance, and living under the poverty line.
This article lays out some clear trends in how men are engaging society at large and the changing understanding of what it means to be a man in America.
Source: The State of American Manhood
Most disturbing is the high rate of children who are raised (according to the author) "without fathers". The statistics show that forty percent of children living without a father in the home have not seen their fathers in over a year, while twenty-six percent of them have never stepped foot in their father's home. The distinct lack of male role models in this population leaves these children at a higher risk of child abuse, poor academic performance, and living under the poverty line.
This article lays out some clear trends in how men are engaging society at large and the changing understanding of what it means to be a man in America.
Source: The State of American Manhood
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