Professor Scott Galloway - Why Young Men Are In Decline, And What To Do

[@ConAntonakos]

Lost my mom during university years. I had to grow up VERY fast. Through adversity, one will truly be tested as a human and will really witness growth.

[@seanthundercock6770]

Cope

[@mf2006-l7n]

wish you strength...κουράγιο...

[@Metaphix]

I mean that really only goes so far. Enough adversity will destroy you. Children who were abused brutally as kids don't usually grow up and are lawyers and doctors because the adversity made them stronger, they more often become burnouts, criminals, and druggies. Maybe you need that hero back story to convince yourself that you deserve what you have, and those that don't have what you have are weaker and less mature. There is so much that goes into making who we are that is beyond control, not that we can do nothing.

[@oceanpacific3841]

​@@seanthundercock6770 poor curry cel

[@dawncondon6917]

I have been saying this for 20 years. When my son started in school I could see the actual difference between the girls and boys and how the support to raise up strong girls was soooo prevalent. Scott you are right, the girls needed that support and they took that support and flew to the moon. The boys have been left behind to languish and become angry. Many small towns in third world countries are almost empty of women because the girls got and education, saw a bigger world and more opportunities and left. We can only help women if we help men. Humankind depends on each of us raising each other up

[@mipiace2504]

Who would have thought that the female gender would abandon human kind?

[@Fatima-kp8hi]

@@mipiace2504 it not like men don’t deserve it. karma is a bitch huh

[@yagovmolotov5127]

@Fox Convey LMAO

[@brianmeen2158]

@FoxConveyhe’s talking about hypergamy

[@brianmeen2158]

@FoxConveybtw men created pretty much everything but I’m sure you already knew that

[@thatguy9088]

Growing up I watched every major male figure in my life get absolutely destroyed by family and divorce courts. All of them, without exception, were left broken and shallow shells of themselves. During my time in the military, the cheating was so bad that there were briefings about it. 3 of my war buddies made the choice to end their journey by their own hand after returning home to a surprise baby that was not theirs, and the wives still received all their financial embellishments and were treated like the victms while their mothers were handed a folded flag. The truth of the matter is, men no longer matter in society. We are disposable. Replaceable. We loose more men to their own hands every minute than all of women to all kinds cancer combined, and not so much as a single news story or dollar of federal aid spent on it. If I don't matter to society, then why should it matter to me? I go to work, I pay my bills and my taxes, and I plan for retirement while perusing my own hobbies and interests. I will never marry and never have children, and care very little for the problems of others, because not once did anyone ever care about mine.

[@Mncrr]

Horrific stories. My son talked about the infidelity he heard of while in the military.

[@JB-kx9bx]

600,000 Americans die of cancer every year in the US. If you assume half are women that's still significantly more than the number of male suicides. www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

[@drew8979]

Yep, while I was deployed overseas we had to disarm one of our guys and put him on suicide watch because he found out that his wife was having an affair with his 1st sergeant. The military was a great front row seat as to why I will probably never get married and why i'm definitely not having kids.

[@mariop27]

You need to get over your self pity. Read the following and, hopefully, you move on and forward with your life: "Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - ' It destroys everything around it, except itself '. Self pity will destroy relationships, it'll destroy anything that's good, it will fulfill all the prophecies it makes and leave only itself. And it's so simple to imagine that one is hard done by, and that things are unfair, and that one is underappreciated, and that if only one had had a chance at this, only one had had a chance at that, things would have gone better, you would be happier if only this, that one is unlucky. All those things. And some of them may well even be true. But, to pity oneself as a result of them is to do oneself an enormous disservice"

[@Tetzukai]

@@mariop27 A subset? ​ ​Feeling sorry for yourself out of sorrow as if it’s your own fault and being so disgusted with society so much that you don’t want any involvement with it are two different things, whether someone cheated on you or worse yet your father isn’t your real father and your mother is a whore.

[@robertmaxa6631]

What is considered "failing economically"? Housing prices have far outpaced wages. In Canada, we need to pass the "stress test", to qualify for a mortgage. One can pay rent, that is the same as a mortgage payment, but can't qualify for a mortgage. This is messed up.

[@davidaustrian9455]

Australia is the same. A housing crisis it is called here.

[@millennialsecularandauthri3338]

Boomers did this. We should vote to enact policies to increase senior citizen poverty.

[@Douglas_Gillette]

Paying rent is temporary control of someone else’s stuff. Making a mortgage payment is incrementally paying back someone’s huge sum of money they let you borrow.

[@toomuchinformation]

@@millennialsecularandauthri3338 And what would that do?

[@millennialsecularandauthri3338]

@@toomuchinformation revenge

[@TaysonPlaysGuitar]

So true when you said "the human mind can't wrap its head around losing somebody you love till it happens, and the feeling is indescribable." It's a sadness so strong you are physically sick. It's awful and you put it perfectly when you said it's the most unjust thing you'll ever experience. At least the great memories with that loved one remain.

[@drop_messages6226]

I grew up in the 1990s there was still this feeling of, there was a bright future out there for you, you just had to work for it. I worked my way through college, held down a job, avoided debt. Yet, I still live at home. My grandparents had less than a high school education, yet in that generation most blue collar men could afford a decent house on what would essentially be a blue collar or entry level job. My parents were able to buy a house on one income. That was still possible in their generation. I am a college educated nurse, no debt, yet I cannot afford to move out of my parents house. housing is not affordable for the most educated and hard working. Not only that, but there is no motivation. At the same time, why move out? Taxes are high, cost of living is high and like many men of my generation I could not afford a family even If I was married. oh well, the economic boom of the USA was great while it lasted. if it declines, it declines. I am too burnt out to care

[@brennhannon609]

I hear ya man

[@drop_messages6226]

@@brennhannon609 I am middle aged and starting to worry about the next generation. Teenagers coming out of high school are growing up, pose 9/11, post 2008 recession, post forever wars in the middle east, post unaffordable homes. That means, they do not even get the benefit of living in an USA that offers them a fighting chance. Th buck will be passed to them and be told to deal with it.

[@Karrthus]

Least you got a decent job. I worked my way through college as well, but due to lack of vocational opportunities, have ended up spending most of my professional life working at a soul-sucking retail job, the kind of place that careers go to die. Plus I'm 33 and single. But I do have my own rented apartment, so small mercies.

[@drop_messages6226]

@@Karrthus Nursing is a good career. I started as a CNA, then LPN then ADN, all at a community college. It was not a straight shot though. I did a year at community college a long time ago. I remember taking some humanities class and the professor loved to shame the idea of getting an education to make money (to the whole class). Between worthless classes, no direction and working a crappy job at 7-11, a year was all I could handle. I quit my job, lived out of my car. I did the car life thing for 3 years. I would work some job, in some town during the winter months, save money and spend the rest of the year traveling, living out of my car just bumming around. Eventually I ended up halfway across the country, working as a janitor at a hospital. I would sometimes talk to the staff, that turned me onto nursing. So, what did you study in college and what job would you want?

[@Karrthus]

@@drop_messages6226 I did a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Literature & Writing. Graduated in 2011. Did the degree because when I left high school back in 2007, I didn't know what I wanted to do, but writing was always my forte, so I thought I'd do Arts as a failsafe. Graduated while working part time as a feature writer at a local newspaper. Got my first big break in journalism in 2013 where I moved up to north west Australia for a journalism cadetship at a newspaper there. This lasted 4 months, before my autistic inept social skills pissed some people in the community off, there were complaints filed, and I soon took a permanent leave of absence. Have been trying to break back into media ever since. What job would I want? Don't know. Something to do with writing. Something to do with cats (big cat lover). Something to do with exercise (I'm quite active). Something that doesn't involve being especially extroverted or especially good with people. I'm just going to admit that I'm not willing to make the kind of sacrifices you are. I am not living out of my car. I currently have no savings, and have almost maxed out my credit card. Have been living paycheck-to-paycheck for the last 6 years. Not through irresponsible purchases, just stuff kept going wrong with the car you expect me to live out of. Also paying for psychology sessions, all my mental health meds, rent. I am one major unexpected expense away from being wiped out. You need money to go study. I'm in no position to even think about considering going back to study. And study what? I don't want to do nursing. I don't know what I want to do. It's hard to think what you want to do when your situation is so dire.

[@scotts7907]

I saw this topic in the news a few days ago, so I've fallen down the rabbit hole to learn how to talk to my 8th grade son and understand what's going on. To try and avoid him getting caught in that trap. I stress to him extra curricular activities after school. If not, he'll just get home and hop on his games. I played video games and still play, but I worry about him not being around other kids physically. And he needs that.

[@Richard_Stroker]

I wish the best of luck to your son :) Good habits like exercise and social connection are best cultivated at an early age.

[@annechristie3843]

For my son it was music. Saved his life, always in a band, highly social. If you’re doing drugs at a high level can’t even be in a band! I hope he something he loves beside video games.

[@joebriggs5781]

You’re doing the right thing. If you let kids play video games or watch tv all day…many of them will. It’s not really even their fault, the human body is very adaptive and will start to adapt and normalize and desire a sedentary lifestyle if it’s consistent. The good part is it also works the other way where the more you socialize/exercise etc, the body and mind will start to crave it. It really does come down to parents to help kids in that direction if that’s not their natural inclination, which for some kids it just isn’t.

[@Metaphix]

The fact that he has a father, and one that even considers these things, is a massive, massive head start.

[@LucidFL]

Good on you. Please never make the mistake of letting your children sit inside gaming all day like my parents did to me.

[@Henselt1]

I'm Gen Z (22 years old), I can tell you a lot of young guys are just forgotten. It's too common to see guys nowadays just gaming it away, wasting their energy into porn, and into pointless things. And I don't blame them, that was exactly how I lived when I left school around 17. Most of these guys that live like this are generally pretty introverted. When I dropped out around age 17, my social life just vanished and didn't really have anyone around me. So for 3-4 years I only had internet friends from random communities on the web, and that is how I lived my life. I see guys basically live the same way more commonly nowadays, and I rarely see women live this way. When you live like that, its easy to fall into the pit and thinking it would change someday but it doesn't. When you lock yourself away, you miss out on a lot of experiences in life that could change you, but because you play video games all day, nothing can touch you and don't mature because there's no experiences to be had. I got lucky, and met a girl somehow even when I was a loser sitting home all day, got my heart absolutely crushed, but after that I just woke up and stopped playing video games, started being interested in building a career and being financially secure, I''m very physically fit too. That external event (break up) made me leave that lifestyle, and guys need some pain to transform, but when you're in your room all day, there's little room for those things to happen.

[@AtheismF7W]

Thanks for sharing.

[@Augustine-19]

I am also 22 and I feel like I relate to some of these things. This year of my life has been very eye opening on how isolated I was and the anger that I walked around with.

[@HonkHonkler]

Why should I bother? This bald fuck literally called his OWN SON a fucking dope... WHY WOULD I DO ANYTHING ELSE!? Go out into a hostile world that belittles me and hates my existence... Or stay hold, smoke a bowl and kill some Necromorphs aboard the USG USG Ishimura as badass space engineer trying to save humanity from a comic horror? I'll take the latter lol.

[@alanwilson2073]

There is nothing in the universe that will change a man like having his heart broken. That's the wake up call, that's when you know that it gets real and that THIS is real and YOU need to get real too. I don't know what happened but most likely she met a guy who had HIS SHIT TOGETHER, more so than you anyway. All I can say to young men today is get fit, get strong, get big, get RID of the PS/XB, get and stack those Benjamin's 'cuz like it or not, they ALL want that home in Aspen.

[@Henselt1]

@@alanwilson2073 Haha I appreciate the comment. The heart break was a real wake up call, things permanently changed, I gained peace with myself, gymed, and currently just working on building a good career and other entrepreneurial things. As for the guy she went with, he was a whole nutcase, and they split up eventually. I hoped a break up would change him into a better person, but it didn't. Break ups depend on the mindset, some guys completely change into better people, others descend into depression. Thank God I had the former.

[@Yaya-cl3tu]

Good lord I love this guy. Great insight and the best dry humor on the planet. And yes, at 45, I can confirm that I'm pissed that a fragrance was not named after me, lol

[@coldfinger1]

I always enjoy interviews with Scott Galloway

[@irreversablecontentment4651]

Gallow is clueless and not qualified

[@TaureanDreams]

I enjoy his interviews as well❤

[@irreversablecontentment4651]

@@TaureanDreams Galloway is a male bashing feminist and a polar opposite of Andrew Tate in a subtle way....

[@montezuma6962]

He's terrible. Why would a channel named MANTALKS have this guy on? I feel bad for any male who takes anything he says to heart. He believes @33:08 that men should "get economic security so they can protect others". Why would a man give his money to someone else? @ 43:15 men need a female to keep them in check??? @43:25 bashing 2nd amendment rights. He's a man hater. Very difficult to paint it any other way.

[@liverfailure1597]

@@irreversablecontentment4651 He's not very based, that's for sure

[@luciusseneca2715]

Graduated from law school in 2009, just in time for the job market to implode. I landed a terrible job at a lousy debt collection mill of a firm for $15 an hour. In 2012 a regional firm stole our largest clients and the firm collapsed. In 2013 I was so broke I moved back home and got a construction job by lying to a temp agency - I told them I'd been disbarred for substance abuse, which isn't true, but prevented being written off as "overqualified," - and paid off my student loans with crazy-big overtime hours.

[@intuitivefugitive8852]

Can you tell me how you did that without resorting to something crazy … like 👍🏾 I guess it could be a lot worse I could be in debt did you have to pay interest on that debt

[@drumyogi9281]

I became a drug addict at 13 years old and I had to take care of my mom in my 20's because of her addictions. She would take a lot of different kinds of drugs and would often sleep walk. She had a methadone problem after multiple attempts at rehab. I hated my life and I constantly thought about ending it but everyone thought I was happy because I had a sense of humor. At 35 I am average everything. Below average height, slightly above average income ect. I worked brutal labor for many years in complete isolation. People pretend like life isn't messy. Life is a mess and structure and regiment saved my life. I make sure to always make my bed, wash my dishes and keep my house clean and tidy. If I don't have a plan for the day I will drink and do drugs so I have to work on something because I don't have any friends and I live alone. I don't owe society anything. This dude is only concerned because his retirement fund is being effected. Women never cared about young men. Their voting habbits and social media posts show it. I am not going to sacrifice my life for people who are against me. I will avoid them and hide my money at all costs.

[@HonkHonkler]

Nailed it lol.

[@Tetzukai]

And what about your father?

[@Tetzukai]

@@drumyogi9281 How the hell did a chad met a drug addict? Something’s going on.

[@zeppelin0110]

This describes the situation many men are in. Thanks for sharing.

[@brianmeen2158]

But I grew up in the early 90s and we weren’t praised or uplifted either - we just knew our role in society and went to work. I find it bizarre how much of a gender war there is now - when I was young I never heard of a guy vs girl issue - boys liked girls and girls liked boys. I mean damn I can’t believe it has come to this

[@willnorthcote3790]

I heard Prof. Galloway at a summit in Sydney and he was by far the most interesting and well-read speaker of the day. His voice resonates with me in this video as well 🙏🏼

[@p90perry66]

This guy meets the criteria of a great podcast/interview, he’s wicked smart has life experience and can explain his views and opinions very well, but what I love about this guy is occasionally he’ll throw in younger generational slang , but not to sound younger. It’s a part of his vocabulary

[@mikederucki]

Man here, I agree on what he’s saying except his apparent aversions to newborns and baby raising. Witnessing or helping with child birth is not “gross” and doesn’t require a night nurse on whom to pawn off duties - it’s how we all got here. I caught both of my babies as they emerged from my wife and I was the first person they saw in the world. Those first few seconds of life are something that can never again be replicated or redone. With two kids that time maybe totals to six seconds of my life before placing baby on my wife’s chest. The most emotionally valuable six seconds of my life.

[@sfc5774]

Beautifully stated. I too was bothered by his crude disregard for the birthing experience (I am a woman….if that matters). I have an adopted son (now 36 yo) and I was in awe when he was placed into my hands (he was 6 months old). What a miracle on so many levels. The whole experience is beyond description and one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

[@whatsinaname7076]

emotionally damaged men don't need kids. also, night nurses allow for the next generation of women in law, medicine, journalism. I would rather support women achieving with whatever arrangement works than men who vote against healthcare.

[@mikederucki]

@@whatsinaname7076 Seems to me that picking a better man before having children would lead to better outcomes for women than trying to use a night nurse as a replacement for a lousy father figure. My wife has a Doctorate degree in medicine.

[@Some_kind_of_wonderfü]

This was a really balanced conversation. Thank you 😊🙌

[@martypoll]

People skills - So important! I was an engineering manager supporting a DNA production line (Human Genome Project in the early 2000’s). When I was recruiting for new staff the engineering department would try to push engineers/technicians that they said were their most technically proficient people. I always had to push back and explain to them the these people cannot be successful if they can’t listen and communicate patiently and respectfully with our production staff who were primarily young biologists. So not only do you have to put the work in to learn something but you also have to know how to deal productively with all kinds of people. You can start on both these things early in life.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

Every company says they want team players and yet the CEOs vote time and again for a party that promotes a 19th century wild-west version of rugged individualism simply because they don't want to pay higher taxes. Zero sympathy. They're reaping what they sowed.

[@geton411]

You mean kiss ass ?

[@aouna9412]

That sounds sus af menaces 😂😂

[@Studeb]

Great message, I wish I had started going to the gym when I was in my late teens, I started taking it seriously ten years later and it sure changed my confidence with women at the time.

[@markhazbro4104]

Great listening opportunity. That was . Thanks

[@russellledonne4370]

Scott is spot on. I just retired from school counseling and I have witnessed the boys falling behind in 6th through 8th grade especially as academics/testing has become more prominent in education. Generally, girls reach out to peers to learn on how to do better in school when struggling. Boys assume (masculinity) that if your smart, you should be able to figure all out yourself and asking for help is a sign a weakness.

[@tonydevos]

I LOVE Scott Galloway. No other way to put it.

[@drumyogi9281]

Why, this whole lecture was an out of touch older man who is attractive and successful lecturing young men why they should adopt progressivism. The reason why they are failing. He grew up under a patriarch conservative society and he is pushing progressivism? Gtfo.

[@tonydevos]

@@drumyogi9281 why does that last question make any sense? have you grown up yet? if i grew up in iran under a theocracy, does that mean I have to push it for the rest of my life?

[@irreversablecontentment4651]

Galloway is a coward who dont debate

[@tonydevos]

@@irreversablecontentment4651 youre lucky he won't debate the likes of you. Time is money that shouldn't be spent on people like you

[@patriciaveech5393]

Excellent interview. I love the honesty and respect.

[@cynthiasoto7098]

I considered myself a feminist. This content is amazing for men. As a woman i learned so much. It’s great for men and women. Keep up the great work.

[@rocket_smash1681]

I cried listening to this...for the first time in 35 years of my life, I got confirmation that I am not the only one out there. I am a 35 year old man that is a virgin, never kissed, never held a relationship (let alone talk to a girl). Never had a father in my life, mom was extremely vindictive and hateful towards my dad, no male role model growing up, and worse - my mom was extremely overprotective. This indirectly affected me more than I ever anticipated - I never learned to make friends, have friends in school or in college. I am now what Professor Scott Galloway described - a lonely, broken man who cannot do anything other than count the end days or take the gun that is sitting next to me. I am thinking the later...at my job, a colleague of mine was in the same situation as me (I luckily found someone just like me) and he killed himself a few months ago. I am the next one now - I am not going to allow myself to become a violent, woman hating, gun shooting maniac, I am offing himself before that happens, that's for sure. I am going to go ahead and join my only friend up there, soon.

[@durhrhrhrur]

Get rid of your gun and seek help.

[@grzegorzlach7096]

I have those thoughts too. In this situation I usually go fuck it patient either improves or dies. I work out that current situation isn't sustainable and I need to change it. I don't have a plan. If you keep yourself busy until you figure out what you want to do and why you want to do it, you'll be alright. Jordan petersons 12 rules for life helps. But you need to take those steps one at the time. And take your time. Ps I'm also 26 year old virgin forroner with basicly no social life.

[@rocket_smash1681]

@@durhrhrhrur what do you mean "seek help"? What so-called 'help' is there? You mean try to get help within 10,000+ women's nights out, women's gyms, women's groups, LGBTQ groups, etc.? Yup, great places for young men out there to get help from...society is fucking stupid.

[@EricVitoff]

Take it easy man. Follow Scott's advice here - those big 3 steps. Get yourself into amazing shape and see how you feel. A better future awaits. There's plenty of wonderful life out there for you to live ❤️❤️

[@brianmeen2158]

Stop watching these depressing videos online that only echo depressing news - call your doctor and book an appointment and tell them What’s wrong.. medication can definitely help. Oh and start exercising if you aren’t already.. get offline more

[@mrwilliamwonder]

I’m 62. When I was 21 my first real girlfriend played mind games, used me while cheating that I confirmed later. It destroyed me. I knew if it happened again, I wouldn’t survive it so I checked out, went underground and grew cannabis for 35 years in another country. Now I’m back, own 2 homes and can live on investments. I’m not a bad looking guy and workout and look about 45. I’ve really been retired since my 20’s. I listen to Bhad Bhabie “teen rapper”, have had high school girls say nice legs mister when I where shorts. Every woman I meet now over 30, wants to know my occupation and money situation, setting me up for another user situation. It’s just ridiculous and I’m too old for younger girls who aren’t as driven by income. I just can’t be used again and so don’t even try anymore. Took care of my 96 year old dad for the last 4 years and he died last December. A WW2 war hero with a Purple Heart and other medals. He was one of the last surviving Merrill’s Marauder's where he was permanently wounded at age 19 in a firefight where his commanding officer and 6 of his comrades were killed. America is finished, not the country I grew up in anymore. Now I’m moving to probably Eastern Europe and hook up with a women over there I think. I’m not supporting any American women with kids.

[@Samsaraindo]

Good plan. I am 40 and am gonna move to mexico

[@dkrz8050]

Hahaha you’re better of moving to Africa you think eustetn European women are just waiting for a 60 yo grandpa from America to swoon them if their feet . It’s not 1980 , everyone has money .

[@Creashone]

Interesting. I was totally grifted - although I don't know what he actually got out of it. I was left pregnant with my second child, shamed and humiliated in every social circle. It messed up my career. It just destroyed me. I had a sick kid and I eventually got really sick too because I was spreading myself too thin. I had to rely on people who called me a parasite and a loser. My son's father recently grifted his own son when he was 10 years old, promising him gifts and shoes, having him pick them out and talking about sending them for months, never sending anything and then being mean when our son asked about the gifts that were supposedly in the mail. Heartbreaking for my little guy. Sometimes, people are bad. Not all of them though. I hear such kindhearted and real things from men all over the place. I understand how scary it can be to get dating and finding a relationship again. I simply cannot put myself or my kids in that position again right now because the fall out from my own disasters were so impactful I couldn't bear to repeat it. So I think I get it, to a degree. I wish you all the love in the world. Hope you find someone nice who understands the idea of being part of a team.

[@susanrosegale6646]

17:28 - "first time in history a 30 year old isn't doing as well as his or her parents were..." 17:43. "if your under the age of 30 your 24% less wealthy than you were 40 years ago, and people over the age of 70 are 72% more wealthy" ..."its economically more stressful for young people now.." YES, YES, YES - I agree. I am 60 and I know I have it better than this younger generation but I seem to be FOREVER trailing behind the next generation up. I work hard but I was also hit hard by the dot com, the great recession, health care bills, etc...and it feels like I am at the tail end of something great that happened...but nothing to complain about when I look to my son's generation, and watch my nieces and nephews struggle to make it. And now their kids....what the hell happened???

[@myfriendgoo2816]

Same age as you, similar experience, but the short answer is the middle class was destroyed and all the wealth went to the top. The biggest thing I hold against the older generation is not paying it forward of the college affordability as was done for them. The three Hs (housing, health care and higher education) have all gone up much faster than inflation for a long time and that has had very real consequences. Boomers just refuse to believe that inconvenient fact, but it's true. And if they can't grasp the math then they were poor students. A 1972 median house, adjusted up for inflation, would be $186K today. Sure, it comes with less conveniences and is smaller, but you don't think there would be takers if I offered that on a quarter-acre lot for $186K? Would have to be in Flint to not start a frenzy.

[@darylallen2485]

34:10 - I think the nuance of this "its ok to X" is, the tolerance for such behavior is dependent on the status and attractiveness of the man doing the approaching. SNL did a great skit about this phenomenon with Tom Brady years ago (Sexual Harassment and You - Saturday Night Live). Tom was walking around the office in his underwear and they were swooned. Then the average guy went to the same woman's desk and she filed harassment. What a woman perceives as flirtation from one man is harassment if done by someone deemed less attractive. SNL's skit was hyperbole, but the phenomenon is real. That said, I've never heard a woman admit this nuance out loud.

[@toomuchinformation]

But of course that's the case; I don't understand why this is raised as a criticism. YOU respond differently to a woman you're attracted to, than to one you're not, of course women will. What's the issue with this? If Scarlet Johansen walks around with a bikini, then that's cool. If old style Melissa McCarthy does it then it's gross. And yes guys are less likely to see it as a threat for different reasons.

[@darylallen2485]

@@toomuchinformation why does it need to be interpreted as a criticism and not just stating facts?

[@toomuchinformation]

@@darylallen2485 Because it IS critical.

[@hudooguru2]

Scott is a super interesting and authentic guy. He reminds me of some of my better bosses over the years that were both inspiring and a little scary. Great interview NIce work.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

My theory on Scott is that he's got such a cornucopia of stuff to put out that audiences can pick and choose what they want to remember. I can easily see that working for a no-empathy libertarian, as well as a Bernie Bro. That's not how it's SUPPOSED to work, but people are really bad with their confirmation biases and not wanting to think.

[@Ben-bg2fy]

It would be interesting to see him debate a manosphere person. His arguments against them are basically just wow-just-wow instead of something substantive.

[@HonkHonkler]

LOL TRUE

[@gibememoni]

He would get crushed

[@janiekcarney5482]

It’s good for women to hear this conversation.

[@Rinka277]

such a great discussion. thank you both!

[@Laseander]

I see this channel is on the come-up so I want to leave a comment for algorithm help. I appreciated how you let Prof G talk without interruption, and your comments were thoughtful, not just fluff. Great job and keep up the content.

[@flakeyjay]

Scott is a great interview.

[@darkerisbetter8699]

36:00 - The stories of young men starting a relationship while being "unrefined" demonstrates a complete generational divide. Y'all got your foot in the door, and then developed yourselves. Your sons (most likely) won't get the same lucky breaks - being a full package is a prerequisite.

[@treefell100]

This podcast should be played on repeat to all young men. 13 to 30.

[@montezuma6962]

We have enough man haters in the country, why fill men's heads with the words of another one.

[@martypoll]

I’m a Baby Boomer who never had kids and I’ve lived outside the United States for 6 years. My recent knowledge of America is received through the news, social media, and KZbin and, while realizing that this is a filtered view of the US, what I am hearing just boggles my mind. America has become unrecognizable.

[@toddjohnson271]

By design...they must break that republic.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

The boomers just can't handle all the increasing diversity and sharing power. It looked like it would work out with early examples like Hawaii and California, but once you got to Texas, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and a few others on the verge of becoming plurality states, the ugliness shone through.

[@Agoateeman]

It's falling apart, especially for men. We truly lack good leaders and more importantly good role models who directly interact with boys and young men.

[@joejohnson3814]

Yah thanks to the boomers lol. Your literally the problem.

[@thiccactus]

Yep, your fellow boomers ran the country into the ground, and we're finally starting to see it's effects.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

The thing with his mom is an indictment of the U.S. health care system. He got basically a third-world-country experience after the hospital time. How many 26-year-olds have the financial resources to pay a nurse $55/hour, especially in this era of college debt? And yet we continue to expect all kinds of things from individuals and turn a blind eye toward a broken system. The whole point of having something MORE than a third-world country is that you're not supposed to get backed into those situations.

[@sarahlo4661]

Now as far as the guardrails go, no one tells me to put on a clean shirt. I don’t think it’s a woman’s job to tell a man basic things. That drive should come from within because the person cares about themselves.

[@ismaelhall3990]

I raise my fist for all the men who are struggling right now!!! As long as you are breathing keep fighting.

[@justinchapin9789]

Ive been obsessively reading and listening about this subject. Theres a real lack of strong, progressive, male role models. Ill get the book.

[@lynngraycom]

The Dad of the internet. Thank you sir.

[@fauxdauteur]

Any OG L2 fans here? Scott Galloway use to post a lot of content from that channel before he eventually sold it. That's how I found him, great guy.

[@wpoitras]

o/ I discovered L2 from a KZbin ad and have been listening to him ever since. I miss those short form market videos. He's replaced them with the Prof G podcast which I believe is more thoughtful and detailed, but harder to consume single topics. What i don't miss is the schtick where he starts yelling. I get he's channeling his boomer cringe (I'm nearly a boomer myself, so I get the impulse to be un-hip which can be funny if done right) but I always felt it was too over the top. I'm guessing he agrees because he's toned it down. Perhaps after too many eye rolls from Kara Swisher he got the hint.

[@MrWordsworth]

Ive gained alot insight from Scott from his books or talks.

[@harvingwin5840]

Gratitude is riches. Mom taught me. I left a marriage and job at the Director's Guild in LA and held her ice cold hands for 6 years. It destroyed my life at 40. After 27 years of hell, sustained by her words, I am the happiest person in the whole USA 43:33

[@1008chaz]

Its great to know that people like l, Scott understand the pressures on young men (particularly because you dont often hear that acknowledged by progressive people) but the salutions they provided are as empty as the ones provided by people like Jordan Peterson or Tate (clean your room & work out). I find the reason a lot of guys my age (mid 20s) give up and turn to video games and rugs is because we are surrounded by older men who have spend decades doing everything right (fit, smart, hard working) might lose the house when intrest rates hit, have retirement accounts that got wiped out in 2008, 2010, 2020 and are forced to work into their 70s.

[@jeremyyenor5439]

So true at 25 shit really does get real

[@Veritas_Valebit]

@ManTalks - It looks like the advertised topic of discussion starts at 22:44 ? Could you possibly include such a breakdown in your preamble?

[@thevenomnthecure]

Look we all love our parents. But I as a parent myself I would have failed if I am relying on my child to financially care for me in retirement. Emotional support? Yes. Financial or Caregiver? No. It's even dangerous to suggest that it's his fault or underachievement for not being able to financially support his mom at 26 (almost 20 years before his financial peak).

[@myfriendgoo2816]

Yer right but in the U.S. the knee-jerk reaction of half the population is to think an individual must be to blame. The host also didn't catch it or follow up.

[@Creashone]

I work in long term care. Most people are cared for by family before they come to us. Most of the visitors - family. Most of the financial support above and beyond government subsidies - family. It is not strange to care for your parents financially, physically, and emotionally when they get old. It's the usual.

[@thevenomnthecure]

@@Creashone the key the the diatribe is 26. Most don't have the financial funds to support a parent at that age. Usually when parents need that type of support the child is older with an established career.

[@PureYang0]

I loved the talk but halfway through as you began talking about needing to recreate the definition of masculinity I realized why our conclusions are so different. I work in tech where more and more people are able to get remote gigs, so perhaps I’m biased when I say what I’m about to say but I believe that just like how social media has globalized cultural communication, in the sense that 40 years ago it would be odd for an average American to have people he called friends all over the world unless they were in the military, today it’s completely normal due to the ability to instantly share ideas and communication all over the world due to internet and social media. These technologies aren’t just turning friendship into an international market, it’s also slowly turning relationships into an international market. So when you talk about traditional forms of masculinity which have power over their women almost as if it’s this archaic form of masculinity that we must change, for the betterment of society, you seem to forget that relationships are now part of a global market. Meaning even if I was born in one country that doesn’t wish for such archaic form of masculinity, now we can just leave that home country and move to a place where traditional men who lead their households from the front are still respected. Saying that you’ll move from your home country to another country to start a family seems far fetched the older you are, but the younger generations who are growing up in the huge global free market, have no second thoughts about the idea of uprooting… So what will the society look like when your strongest men just leave?

[@brianmeen2158]

I’m so against what many are saying when it comes to masculinity. Growing up we never talked about masculinity as me and other guys knew what we were supposed to do in life . Today society is sending very warped signals to men and it’s no wonder many of them are confused as to what to do

[@mipiace2504]

I enjoy listening to Scott. This is an important conversation. I wish he would have addressed our culture’s destruction of men through divorce, misandrist laws, and the family courts. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend to my sons to get married. This is a glaring omission.

[@irreversablecontentment4651]

Galloway is a feminist who wouldnt do that...

[@nikitaw1982]

Sees how society treats boys and blames them. Good one mate

[@Ed-ig7fj]

Great video. About money, I say: "Money isn't everything...till you don't have it. Then, it's everything." Stay strong, men. --Old Guy

[@ann2009steenbergen]

First, ❤ to both of you. You are amazing and wonderful role models. ❤

[@timmartin8191]

When a man has a child with his wife, he becomes a secondary family member. It's all about the baby. Hard to handle, but if your wife is a dedicated mother, it will make so much difference for the kid in the end. Don't worry, she'll hand that kid off to you when he or she turns 14 😂. I'm 62 and the best years of my life were when my kids were at home.

[@LightYagami_99]

Thank you!

[@dand4323]

Shit’s about to hit the fan in this country

[@icantfindmyphone]

Wow, I really needed to hear this conversation

[@MrBratkenSolov]

2:14 - "shit, it's no longer about me" -- this is indeed a point of no return in your life when you realise that

[@noahmccay6048]

Ive been really frustrated lately because in the last year i have 1. Gone back to finish college. 2. Started going to the gym 4-5 days a week. 3. Making myself go to somewhere I can meet people at least once a week. 4. Started seeing a therapist on a weekly basis. 5. Bought a new wardrobe. 6. Found ways to make money while going to school full time Ive done all these things and feel just as alone and socially ostracized as before and i feel that hopelessness creeping back in. It's really frustrating

[@abm672]

Don't give up, it will pay off 💪

[@aeiou0123]

Then you need to look into why you dont feel good. Are u just going to college just to go? Or you have some specific goals you need college for? Are you just going to the gym just to go? Or you have some specific health n mental targets? Life only feels good n makes sense if we r making choices based on measurable goals. Meanwhile also look into your diet, perhaps you are lacking some mental nutrition? Looking into eating raw ginger n cloves daily or take a ginger shot a day :). It really helps with mood n mental clarity

[@nikitaw1982]

3 generations of feminist family court.

[@direwolf6234]

and 80% of divorces initiated by women ... 'i'm not happy' ...

[@blondequijote]

43:28 - They've destroyed the family, now they want to destroy the 2nd amendment

[@irreversablecontentment4651]

Galloway just blames the men....!

[@direwolf6234]

@@blondequijote not destroy .. just modify it for modern times .. as it was written you could have a black powder musket not an AR ...

[@blondequijote]

@@direwolf6234 Muskets were the assault weapon of their time. They still fit the definition because you can attach a bayonet and empty the magazine with a single trigger pull. People were allowed to own cannons back then and still are. Talk to reenactors if you don't want to read a book.

[@starstern1077]

Great discussion.

[@L-x7y]

Great discussion with a lot of wisdom. Scott you are outspoken about the bad father Steve Jobs was, and then don’t seem to care that children watch porn. One of the worst things you can do as a current and future father is to watch porn or allow your kids to watch porn.

[@direwolf6234]

where was galloway's dad ?? wiki says he was a sales executive .. did he die or abandon them ??

[@LanceyKersti]

One is boarding school.

[@howardmencini3040]

We need lots of money and a better culture.

[@stacyliddell5038]

My dad cut me off after I failed my second year of university. I hated him at the time, but it was the best thing for my resilience and grit. We have a very good relationship now and I am a better man than I would have been if my dad had given me hand outs.

[@mempto]

Um ok

[@stacyliddell5038]

@@mempto um okay to you too.

[@that_heretic]

The problem with Scott's point about rich kids failing to create, and immigrant kids doing the best is that's only true so long that the system isn't rigged to create an aristocracy. In the States we've created systems that reinforce and create an aristocratic class. We call it meritocracy.

[@robdog114]

Aristocracy is the natural end state of all societies. Pareto principle 101

[@davyroger3773]

A true aristocracy, is a meritocracy

[@jessmansportscards]

Great discussion 👍

[@jaylorettaarchinal3647]

I've watched this video twice with lots of thought. Wonderful insights by these two talented fellas. However, I glean the concept put forth is that an upbringing of poverty leads to high motivation and work ethic whereas wealth leads to the opposite. I do see the logic of this and I agree there's something to it but it's not that simple. As a kid my neighbors were Doctors and successful business owners. I use that as a standard or measuring stick. This motivates me. European and American Jewish people, on the average, do well economically generation after generation. Why hasn't there success and wealth demotived them ? See, it's not simple !!

[@thewrongshoes]

As a woman, I don't know why men think it's so bad that they haven't had sex in a year 🤷🏾‍♀️. Why do they think they all are entitled to always have sex?

[@h8h215]

I say a similar thing to women about relationships, you are not owed one both things need to be worked for. The dynamic used to be relationship first s3x second. Now its the other way around which does seem to make it a worrying stat then men arent getting s3x in times where s3x is easy. I think what they are worried about it men have shown significant disinterest in pursuing women for something that is a natural drive in men, in order for men to push there natural drive to one side there must be something very wrong happening to make a man supress these urges.

[@ambitiousbeauty1013]

I don't understand it either. I've known attractive woman who went years without s3x by choice. They were happy and content also. I notice single women coming together and joining book clubs, travel clubs, yoga. We have communities of other women we converse with and bond with. It seems more women know how to be happy being single than compared to men.

[@steelreserve9050]

From personal experience as a man it has allot to do with the other men around us allot of men suck like that and they peer pressure you into thinking that you should be getting some action all the time because some of them are and they make you feel like your missing out in result making those men who aren't so "lucky" like them selves to possibly start rudely approaching women trying to smash creating a bad cycle for everyone and so forth, really wish dudes would be more discrete about there sex life and not project it on to others as they should be doing as a grown adult

[@timothykaczanowski2603]

It’s a weird version of male competition. Even so called friends will throw jabs at you for not having a gf or getting laid. Guys are always competing for status through money, athleticism and girls. Also if a guy doesn’t get laid he thinks he’s undesirable by women where I feel like a girl could have it at any moment she just won’t lower her standards rightfully. Idk just my opinion as a 25 yr old guy

[@tommygertcher2747]

It's not sex, it's relationships in general. If they're not having sex it's because they don't have a gf or wife

[@sarahlo4661]

This was good

[@beaglebrigade]

Great conversation

[@DeathSquared7]

I’d love to hear your thoughts, this talk of self-improvement before dating doesn’t make sense with Maslow hierarchy of needs.

[@MaireGendron]

Awesome!

[@Mukundwa]

please add chapters to your videos

[@JiMMY-my1ds]

I also think women need to call out other women who act in appropriately toward men i.e when they are asked out appropriately by men, approached by men, instead of blindly supporting the narcissist sisterhood.

[@devman1238]

I was in a fraternity for years before graduating into tech in 2020. I started writing a book on men's mental health and gen z men because I saw it all. Drugs, violence, money problems, etc. Only 15% of my closer male friends have a girlfriend (I have basically always been in a relationship since 19) I hear them say concerning things and sound defeatist and try to call them out on their BS. I choose to live at home so I can save a ton of money but make over 100k. While I'm saving, it's crazy to me that I feel the rising COL and going out is so expensive. Rough times out there. Rough times out there.

[@johnw6468]

Did u finish book ? What will name of it be ?

[@lxdzii]

I didn't get Professor Scott Galloway's new upcoming book name...? there's something wrong with my audio

[@azmomconnection]

I'm a boy mom. I tell him on an almost weekly basis, that I admire men and boys. He has to feel protected by society and speak up when he's hurt. And I tell him society has to change to treat boys and men kinder, and gentler and more fair. I believe life is a fun, wild ride and we're here to enjoy it. I'm raising a boy who I say: my number 1 goal is that you can be happy and healthy when you grow up. That's it!!!

[@aquarius-woman5364]

Where is his father?

[@sweetpoptart9486]

Men have een cuddle for centuries..

[@aquarius-woman5364]

@@sweetpoptart9486 Its the mothers babying them and once they become teenagers/ adults it becomes everyone's fault. I have sisters and brothers all my sisters and I went to college because we were poor and had no other choice than to get out of poverty through school. 1 out of 4 brothers refused to go to school because they felt it was to much work. They wanted fast money without the hard work. My sisters and I worked while going to school. It was hard and I wanted to give up many times but I stayed. Boys want quick fix.

[@NegritaBrujita]

It’s sounds like your raising an entitled, codependent man boy.

[@direwolf6234]

@@aquarius-woman5364 tell that to the women that demand to be supported by men ..

[@HashFace253]

My wife and I stayed at my parents for almost a year a while ago. Was horrible! But not really (decent normal relationship) but it is odd now that society is like oh your 23 on your own raise the family. That's kind of 50's picturesque boomer shit. Like all of human history you were with the tribe clan or family basically forever. When you were 18 you were a net contributor but you weren't just severed. You could rely on and be relied on. I've never really helped my cousins with anything lol

[@williammorris3815]

There is an assumption men would react in a certain way to emboldened feminist women. When men’s reaction to the emboldened feminist women was different than the assumption, the historic male-woman relationship died. A career woman returning home to assume the man would take on homemaker was and is a mistake. MGTOW is as much of a viable reaction as is men switching roles to home maker. The intellectual who thought matriarchal and patriarchal traditional roles would reverse in an equal and opposite manner if the provider homemaker roles reversed was not well thought through indeed.

[@greatgyatso5429]

I think if everybody is struggling, and nobody under 30 can afford a house, the answer is that the system needs fixing, not that everyone who wasn’t “grandfathered” into success before several natural and social calamities raised the difficulty level of life, needs to “level up” even further than their parents had to. “Grit” isn’t it. I cringe when I realize how far we are from groundbreaking discoveries that we may never reach, because we have let our parents convince us that life has to be a struggle to survive. You can’t cure cancer if you have to take a job that will pay your hundreds of thousands in student loan debt, instead of the research job that would pave the way for that, but you have to turn down for financial reasons.

[@kevinerbe6297]

Is this an interview or is this Scott helping this young guy navigate his life?

[@JakeMyerz]

Great vid

[@joecoffee7750]

Why won’t Scott address why men are still being discriminated against in college admissions? I like Scott, but I wish he would address this one issue and maybe he can’t because he is employed at NYU.

[@jz372]

They are not being discriminated. Women have better grades so they get admitted. They study more. Simple.

[@matthewsteven5162]

Masculinity cannot be what we want it to be, it is not entirely socially constructed, it is partially socially moulded but it has its roots in biology

[@CJK-bt4ll]

Would required military service help with the immaturity gap between the genders? I think it would. Guys have to be pushed and go through physical, mental and emotional obstacles to grow, much more than women. Let teens sign up at 16 (with parents' permission). They used to allow that and the boomers I spoke with said it was so great for them. Made men out of them.

[@TheDustLord]

There is an appropriate time to blame women though. You can't deny that.

[@afriend_ofthefamily3602]

When is the appropriate time

[@PersistentPatriot]

@@afriend_ofthefamily3602 all day every day whenever appropriate. with much power and independence comes much responsibility. women love claiming independence these days but still want a man to provide 100 percent for them.

[@KylarBlint14]

42:55 was a really weird cut. He was saying that Tate's videos were productive (not sure if i agree) but then immediately cuts to misogyny. Why?

[@CBT5777]

No reason to have kids anymore. Too many people, too expensive, and wouldn't want to burden a child with the cruelty of this existence. Life "is" suffering. Plus, I want to enjoy the little time I have with my hobbies and friends.

[@brianmeen2158]

“Wouldn’t want to burden a child with the cruelty of this existence” You live in 2023 and yet you are saying that sort of nonsense? Granted there are problems but do you not realize how lucky you are to be living in this era? There is much more to life than pleasure - your parents should have taught you this

[@CBT5777]

@@brianmeen2158 I'm not lucky. I am "thankful" that I have a life better than most on this planet. I'm 45 and I have felt more pain than you could possibly imagine. I cannot guarantee that my child will not have to suffer this pain, therefore it's a gamble I'm not willing to take. What's 2023 got to do with anything? Life is gonna get real hard for people in the future. The system is not sustainable. The population can't keep growing forever. Oil won't last forever that's for sure, and then what? Keep having more kids? For what?

[@ParksRec]

@@CBT5777I understand you bro. I am in a similar boat. Having kids doesn’t make sense for me either.

[@ianpeterson8683]

@@brianmeen2158did you not listen to the pod?? Some guys are hurting. It’s crazy that this is the first exchange I saw in the comments. Let’s be more human and empathetic, cmon

[@kevincurrie-knight3267]

A bit of a counterpoint: I get what Galloway is saying and I've seen the same statistics, and am also worried about them. BUT if we go back to books like Hannah Rosin's End of Men (which was a statistically solid chronicling of all of these trends even seven+ years ago), she noticed something. Women were just more elastic and willing to be flexible than men. Women were willing to go into those careers traditionally handled by men, and men were not equally willing to go into traditionally female careers. Women were willing and able to take on household roles traditionally performed by men, while men's comfort levels extended only to releasing those roles and spending the rest of the time playing video games. So, in some sense, you do have to blame the men a bit here. We can say that men just didn't have role models for how to embody this less traditional version of manhood. Sure, but the women didn't have such female role models either when crossing into a more expansive femininity. Men who wait for someone else to show them how to do it are playing a losing game. Go out and see what needs to be done, what niches you can fulfill; then do those things.

[@lez2884]

I agree, think women are better at doing it all. It will eventually take a toll on our health. Sadly most of the things mentioned in this video have been a problems in the black community for a really long time. Women have been out performing the males since the 90s at least. Don't think anything has been tilted towards women. Think things have been evened out. Still men make considerably more than woman; especially women of color.

[@geoffstemen3652]

This take seems like it lacks a basic knowledge of what careers are male / female and why, as well as what the respective populations in professions actually are today.

[@anonnymous7009]

Why? I don't see any benefit in what you are suggesting. Doing the minimum, playing videogames, watching porn is not only the path of least resistance, it's the superior path in terms of happiness and mental wellbeing. I mean losing custody over your kids and being no fault divorce raped isn't really the future a guy dreams of.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

Women refuse to do plumbing, electrical, and most mechanical jobs. They refuse to be homebuilders, sanitation workers, or many other vacations that, without such men filling the roles, modern industrial society would collapse.

[@frayne48]

Wise words, economic security is not a function of how much you make but how much you spend,

[@ParksRec]

It’s both

[@jackfaber7710]

so do not spend, only make. easy as a pie.

[@MeTubeERG]

Great interview. Galloway is a real inspiration.

[@tomasr64]

Great conversation! 👍

[@docteurking-marclouis7439]

23:12

[@colbalt95]

6ft tall six-figure black man 6 pack in my 20s and has enough emotional intelligence to understand the importance and putting myself first. Because of the mass emotional manipulation and the punishment Family Court bring on good hard-working men I advise every dutiful man to get their passport and at least see what Eastern traditional women had to offer.

[@toomuchinformation]

Have you?

[@mackeejack6731]

Dude you’re black. This is the easiest time in human history to be a black male. Women want simply because you’re black, as do companies, you’re jacked without any real effort. Tf do you have to complain about?

[@yagovmolotov5127]

why did you feel the need to start off with your height

[@brianmeen2158]

@@yagovmolotov5127ol and his race too .. cringe

[@colbalt95]

@yagov molotov Because the majority of dating is on apps and in America many women have a hard cut off at 6'. I do well all things considered in my 20s but the wife prospects is toast.

[@BenneWill]

Yes, your 20s and 30s are a grind, but some love the grind. I honestly hate the idea of growing older, slowing down, and settling down. I thrive on chaos and disorder.

[@direwolf6234]

move to ukraine ....

[@martypoll]

It’s not so much about slowing down and settling down. It that by the time you’ve reached your 50’s you’ve had enough experiences that you can be more confident that you can handle what life throws at you. There is a certain happiness that comes with confidence. Also, chaos may seem exciting now but after 30 years it gets kinda old and it’s time to find something else to do.

[@BenneWill]

@@martypoll I see what you are saying. You're talking about having less fear as you get older. The chaos comes from feelings of uncertainty, not knowing what is going to happen next. You're saying that by the time you grow older, you are confident in what you have worked for. It doesn't have to mean boring, but more secure.

[@myfriendgoo2816]

@@BenneWill Or it could just mean that you know the worst-case on most things won't be the end of the world.

[@BenneWill]

@@myfriendgoo2816 In my case right now in my life, the worst case scenarios would literally be the end of my world. Lol.

[@redboy8883]

Yes workout, get a job, join groups. Do it all with people.

[@BREAKOUT444]

This really helped me. I'm glad I'm pursuing my passion even though I'm not making any money right now 😂

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

Please allow me to present my theory (in short form). The beginning of the decline of men in our society happened when the affirmative action rules went into effect about 1972. That year, men represented about 57% of all college students. In 2022, men were about 40% of college students. From a purely statistical calculation, that extreme decline of male enrollment in universities in 50 years is impossible, which means societal policy to advantage women and minority groups over White men can be the only reasonable explanation for the situation we currently find ourselves. Few people understand that. Fewer still admit it, but fortunately, the supreme court rules that affirmative action policies are no longer the law of the land.

[@pastorcharleshumphrey9418]

Understand your point but somewhat disagree. Women overall have benefited much more by Title IX and equal rights type legislation more than minorities. I believe if you look at bit closer, the swing is not due to minorities, but largely due to women. Women have taken advantage and capitalized and the working class male has definitely been impacted. A good book that explains this is “Of Boys And Men” by Richard V. Reeves.

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

@@pastorcharleshumphrey9418 I agree with you, but I don't think I said anything different than what you said. We are in a mess as a country and I don't see any EASY way out. It took us 50 years to get here and it could easily take 50 more years to right the ship.

[@Hollera8]

How the hell are women getting taller year on year and men getting smaller? This is new to me. Anyone have a source for this?

[@lez2884]

I think he was using that as a metaphor for becoming more successful at life and men shrinking in success at a faster rate.