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"The Man Meltdown"
I developed the graphics package for the In Depth section of the May 2025 issue of Businessweek, titled "The Man Meltdown." This included one full page and two half page graphic stories, along with some additional story specific graphics. This was the biggest In Depth graphics package that the magazine has ever published. Link to the package landing page here.
How Men View Women— And Themselves
(Intro text) It's no secret that men's views of women differ greatly by demographic— and that Donald Trump's successful courtship of male audiences translated to crucial votes in November. But it might be surprising that many younger and liberal men agree with some of the statements below, reflecting retrograde beliefs about gendered performance at home and work. On the flip side, the majority of men don't seem to blame women for their own problems. Researchers use questions such as these to rank men's position relative to the most restrictive views of masculinity— or how trapped they are inside the "man box." Web story linked here (graphic at the bottom of page).
Behind In The Classroom
(Intro text) Men falling behind women doesn't begin in college classrooms. According to a Brookings Institution report, the average US boy at age 5 is 16 percentage points less likely to be school ready than the average girl— a gap that persists over the course of their education. Researcher Richard Reeves presents evidence in his 2022 book, Of Boys and Men, that this disparity can be linked to boys' brains developing more slowly, "especially during the most critical years of secondary education." Despite the growing bias toward girls in the education system, there continues to be a bias toward men in the office. Link to web story here (combined with the graphic below for web story).
The New Jobs For Men
(Intro text) Across a multitude of economic measures, working-class American men are struggling. The jobs they used to dominate are disappearing, their wages aren't growing, and they're employed at a lower rate than in prior decades. Meanwhile, men are spurning jobs of the future. No, not STEM jobs— "HEAL" jobs, or occupations that form what's known as the "care economy," including those in health care, education, as well as ones that require a higher degree of various kinds of literacy (Richard Reeves, of the American Institute for Boys and Men, coined the term.) While there's been a decisive increase of women in fields traditionally dominated by men, there hasn't been any movement in the other direction. The share of women in STEM has increased to 24%, up from 9% in 1970, while the share of men in HEAL has fallen to 22%, down from 31% in 1970. As AIBM writes in its research brief on the topic: "This means missed job opportunities for men as well as a damaging lack of men in some vitally important roles." Link to web story here (combined with the graphic above for web story).
The Guy Who Connected Donald Trump To The Manosphere
Link to web story by Sarah Frier here .
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