Are men having a harder time than women today?

Young men face real challenges, but young women still carry greater risks from violence, reproductive constraints, and systemic bias.

Young women continue to face systemic disadvantages, including gender-based violence, underrepresentation in leadership, and persistent economic inequalities.

Young men now trail women in college enrollment and degrees, face higher rates of deaths of despair, and are more likely to be disconnected from work and school.