Toxic Masculinity or an Attack on Masculinity?

Society doesn’t yet recognize that a male malaise/crisis even exists, or that a different approach is needed

Many people today don’t believe there is a need to help men and boys. Even the APA felt compelled to preface its report with the apologetic recognition that (I’m paraphrasing here): Yes, so sorry for producing this report, when we do know that men historically have held the power. They’ve been the ones held as the norms even for psychological and medical study. We do know most positions of business and policy leadership around the country (and world) are held by men.  

But it can be true that the person at the top of the pyramid is likely to be a man, while at the same time be true that those at the very, very bottom of the pyramid, crushed under the weight of no hope, are most likely men as well. It can also be true that many in the middle of the pyramid—especially our sons—are absorbing an astonishing amount of derision and misunderstanding against men today.