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American Institute for Boys and Men

Disciplines:
research
politics/gender policy
boys education
male health policy

Summary

American policy research organization founded by Richard Reeves following the publication of Of Boys and Men — dedicated to generating evidence-based policy solutions to male educational and social disadvantage.

Core Contribution

Provides the institutional infrastructure for rigorous, center-left policy research on male disadvantage — occupying the space between feminist policy institutions and right-wing men's rights groups — making male advocacy academically credible.

Historical Influences

Richard Reeves

Intellectual Lineage

American Think Tank Tradition Gender Policy Research Brookings Institution Alumni

Contemporaries & Peers

American Enterprise Institute Brookings Institution Urban Institute

Minds Influenced

Male gender policy discourse Congressional awareness of male disadvantage

Intellectual Posterity

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