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Analysis Of Boys And Men Are In Crisis Because Society Is By Michelle Goldberg

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In the year 2022, journalist Michelle Goldberg published “Boys and Men Are In Crisis Because Society Is”. Goldberg’s purpose is to explain to the general audience the current state of mental health, as well as multiple other negative statistics surrounding men and young boys, and explain why they are like this. Goldberg tries to achieve this by referring to multiple other studies as well as a novel going into detail about this same topic. However, this article has no real original claims and spends the entirety of its duration quoting and explaining other studies and novels discussing this same topic. At the beginning of the article, Goldberg explains her previous travels to a foreign country and her experience with its different views and cultures, focusing on their views of …show more content…

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