Fewer Friends, More Pressure: The State of ‘American Men’
We talk to Jordan Ritter Conn, author of 'American Men,' about the psychological challenges facing men in the United States.
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Show Notes
Journalist Jordan Ritter Conn has spent years studying some of the psychological challenges facing men in the United States. These include feelings of loneliness, depression and anxiety, sometimes violence and often a sense that this economy isn’t for them. His book “American Men” delves into the lives of four men: a West Point grad, a Black trans man in rural Ohio, a white law student recovering from childhood trauma and a gay man prone to alcohol-fueled fights. It explores the gap between the expectations placed on men and the failure, real or imagined, to meet those expectations – and why friendships between men often fail to provide the kind of emotional connections they seek. Conn joins us.
Guests:
Jordan Ritter Conn, senior staff writer, The Ringer; author, "American Men"
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