The Lions Barber Collective turns barbershops into safe spaces for men where the intimacy, frequency and normalcy of a haircut is used as an entry point for conversations about mental health.

“What teens actually have are questions—questions they are too afraid to ask in a classroom setting, or to their parents or to their peers, and questions that need to be answered immediately, anonymously, and wherever and whenever they are.”

As they hit their 30s, men come to rely on the parental lifeline more than women. Less than half of women in their early 30s get financial support from their parents, compared with 62% of men. The shares are roughly equal for men and women between the ages of 18 and 24.

A 2018 survey by GirlGuiding, a UK charity, shows that in 2009, when asked how the housework should be divided between men and women, 25% of 7-10 year-olds said it should be shared equally. By 2018, 45% said men and women should share the burden. There’s no denying that’s progress.

The OECD find one notable difference between the sexes: in every single country tested, girls had much higher levels of schoolwork- and test-related anxiety than boys. On average across OECD countries, girls were about 13 percentage points more likely than boys to report they get very tense when they study. Girls were also 17 percentage points more likely to feel “very anxious” ahead of a test, even if they were well prepared.