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Jun 17

@FamStudies

1. Too many young men in America are falling behind in school, failing to launch in their 20s, or running afoul of the law. New @FamStudies report finds that such men much more likely to hail from fatherless homes. @WendyRWang @AlysseElHage @BradWilcoxIFS ifstudies.org/blog/life-with…

2. “The percentage of boys living apart from their biological father has almost doubled since 1960—from about 17% to 32%; now, @ 12 million boys are growing up in families without their biological father.” By time reach adulthood, @ 1-in-2 young men lived outside intact family.

3. Young men raised apart from fathers much more likely to fall behind in school and not graduate from college. Striking difference here:

Who graduated college?

✔️ 35% of young men growing up w Bio Dad
✔️ 14% of young men growing up w Bio Dad Absent

ifstudies.org/blog/life-with…

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Brad Wilcox

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May 25

1. NPR underlines the family factor: "Many, though not all, of perpetrators have experienced childhood traumas such as physical or emotional abuse & unstable families w/ violent, absent or alcoholic parents... most have experienced significant losses." npr.org/sections/healt…

2. There was a family angle w/ the TX shooter, who was fatherless & lived in what appears to have been an unstable home: “I think he needed mental help. And more closure with his family. And love.” washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05…

3. One psychologist who studied 56 school shooters found that "82% of the sample either grew up in dysfunctional families or without their parents together (for at least part of their lives)." schoolshooters.info/sites/default/…

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Brad Wilcox

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Apr 20

@rlhopcro

1. New study of 1.8 million online daters finds that men, especially, “received more messages, likes, and winks than others” when they had more income and education. @rlhopcro @unccharlotte ifstudies.org/blog/on-intern… @FamStudies

2. “Men w/ combined income/education one standard deviation greater than mean received 255%—over 3 times—more interest…

Women w/ combined income/education one standard deviation greater than mean received 103%—about double—”more interest…

Than peers one SD below mean.

3. “women in all countries received more indicators of interest than men on internet dating sites. Men in general were more likely than women to “swipe right” or the equivalent expression of interest: women received between 540% and 780% more indicators of interest than men.”

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Brad Wilcox

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Mar 29

@jmcquivey

1. It’s women’s history month. So… who are the happiest women?

Those who strongly self-identify as “feminine”.

Contrary to stereotype, they also report being strong and likely to take charge.

My latest w/ Jenet Erickson & @jmcquivey: deseret.com/2022/3/28/2299… @Deseret

@jmcquivey

2. Most women ID as feminine in this new survey by @jmcquivey:

3. “In the study, the women who described themselves as ‘feminine’ were [also] the most likely to marry and to say they have fulfilling marriages across various dimensions, including strong personal relationships and community involvement.”

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Brad Wilcox

@BradWilcoxIFS

Feb 16

@UnHerd

1. Dramatic declines in

✔️Sex
✔️Marriage
✔️Family formation

among young S Koreans is driving a "sharp conservative turn of young South Korean men, who are increasingly animated by anti-feminism."

One consequence: S Korean right on the rise.

@UnHerd unherd.com/2022/02/will-i…

2. "Until recently, South Korean politics followed a conventional demographic pattern. The younger generation leaned liberal and the older generation leaned conservative...[but now]... men in their 20s are more conservative than men in their 70s."

3. "Unlike older men, who held to a patriarchal worldview defined by rigid gender roles, young men reject masculine duty that typically accompanies old-school sexism. Rather, they see themselves as victims of feminism &define themselves politically by sense of victimisation."

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Brad Wilcox

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Feb 15

@dcoxpolls

“Americans are far more likely to report having a positive relationship with their parents when they did not perceive them as having a preferred child.” @dcoxpolls ifstudies.org/blog/dont-play… @AEI @FamStudies

@dcoxpolls

Never seen this documented but conforms to what I’ve seen:

The *baby of the family* is much more likely to report he/she was the parental favorite. Especially true if the baby was male. @dcoxpolls

@dcoxpolls

Only children most likely to report being lonely growing up.

Middle children least likely to report being lonely growing up.

New from @dcoxpolls

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