Britain’s young men are falling further and further behind. Does anyone care?

The toughest causes to campaign for are those which are not fashionable. To fight racism in the 1950s or stand up for gay rights in the 1980s took guts – and the progress made today is largely down to those who took up the cause before it became a form of virtue signalling. International Women’s Day should be a chance to remember the billions of women who are treated appallingly in developing countries – but when it comes to Britain, the battle has pretty much been won. The pay gap is a problem for women born before 1975, but not after. The problem is sorting itself out. For the under-40s, there is a negative pay gap: i.e., men are paid marginally less.

But as Isabel Hardman wrote in her superb Spectator cover story, there are now good reasons to worry about male equality. Especially if you focus on the inequality that begets other inequalities: educational attainment. It’s the clearest sign yet of trouble brewing for the next generation of men. The