The report for Working with Men, Participation and working with Boys and Young Men, found that young men tend to be harder to reach than young women, so organisations might not think of consulting them or fear they would be difficult to work with.
Simon Forrest, a consultant for the organisation and author of the report, said some services were "failing to think about the gender dimension" when carrying out participation exercises such as consultations and did not notice when young men did not take part.
"At the moment a lot of local authority services are not sensitive to boys and young men," he said. "If you are a young father you are probably off the map in terms of services."
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