19-05-2025
‘Misogyny is real — but I hate the term toxic masculinity'
It's now official: there is a crisis in masculinity. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, used the phrase in Westminster last week at the launch of a think tank devoted to scrutinising the troubles of men and boys — and he made sure to thank Richard Reeves, Nick Clegg's former director of strategy at No 10, for helping to 'force' conversations about masculinity 'into the mainstream'.
A journalist turned policy wonk, Reeves is the chairman of the new Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys (CPRMB), having two years ago set up the American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM). When we meet for a coffee in a London hotel before he flies back to his home in the American Appalachians, he points out there
