Male unemployment has been continually higher than female unemployment for 32 years. Men have been hit harder by every recession since 1980 than women. Yet if you look at the headlines, the only gender mentioned is women. Is it time to start speaking about men?
The New Statesman has run a week of posts covering men's issues:
Day One: The mens' rights zeitgeist, by Rhiannon and Holly.
Day Two: No, I will not "grow a pair", says Steven Baxter.
Day Three: The Second Sexism: don't judge a book by its press, by Ally Fogg and The surprising truth about the pay gap by Alex Hern.
Day Four: On being a man with an eating disorder, by Joseph Stashko.
Day Five: A shed of one's own, by James Ball and Why isn't male unemployment an issue? by Alex Hern