Men my age are in serious trouble. As young women have seen tremendous barriers to entry removed in sectors from STEM to the C-suite and gained tremendous personal and social capital as a result of this upward mobility, their male counterparts aren’t exactly following the trend.

On average, men my age are underperforming academically and taking fewer specialized courses — if they pursue higher education at all, which we’re also doing less on average. In three decades, the number of men reporting having zero close friends has jumped fivefold, while suicide rates among men 25-34 years old have risen by 34%. My generation’s tragic decline is, in far too many cases, quite literally a matter of life and death.