<p>American women have grown more independent economically in recent decades, giving them greater choice in whom to date or marry — and the choice to opt out altogether. But where does women's rising stock leave men, and how is it connected with today’s so-called masculinity crisis? Post columnist Shadi Hamid talks with Richard Reeves, founder of the American Institute for Boys and Men, about why to pay on the first date, whether we’re heading toward a world of surplus men and how to be a man women want to marry.</p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here’s the study Richard mentions from the American Institute for Boys and Men: </span><a href="https://aibm.org/research/will-college-educated-women-find-someone-to-marry/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Will college educated women find someone to marry?</a></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Additional reading by our columnists:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Shadi Hamid:</span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/08/men-women-dating-marriage/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=impromptu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> Men are struggling to find love. Here’s why.</a></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Rahm Emanuel: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/07/housing-costs-young-men-democrats/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=impromptu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">What’s really depressing America’s young men</a></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Julien Berman: </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/29/young-men-gender-polarization-trump-democrats/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=impromptu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">No, Gen-Z men aren’t special</a></p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to The Washington Post<a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&p=s_v&s_dt=yearly&utm[%E2%80%A6]e-podcast&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </a><a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&p=s_v&s_dt=yearly&utm[%E2%80%A6]e-podcast&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
