Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It

by Richard V. Reeves

Men on their own tend to be men alone. “A guy needs somebody—to be near him,” says Crooks in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody.… I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”

Men need company.