There are a record number of young men that are flaming out academically, wiping out socially with girls, and later failing in relationships with women. Major symptoms that we see include: a disenchantment with education, lack of motivation to work towards real-life goals, opting out of the workforce, self-imposed social isolation, and excessive video game and porn use which we will discuss in a separate blog post.
Many are asking what is in it for them and only hearing crickets. On top of that, there is no longer a clear path to professional success and a huge lack of grown men willing and able to show younger men the path to manhood. Fatherlessness has risen over the last several decades, yet even the boys that have fathers in their lives only spend a fraction of their time in one-on-one conversation with them versus the time they spend in front of a screen, where they see men depicted as emotionless warriors, deadbeat dads, or losers.
In other words, boys are going from female-dominated home environments to female-dominated school environments where less than one in nine schoolteachers is a man, 1 back to female-dominated home environmentsβwhere boys are being told to behave.
These same environments demean boys and young men just for being male but at the same time only reward them when they "man up. Society likes to blame young men, saying it's their problem, when in fact it is society that is not providing the structure, guidance, means or places for young men to develop themselves and thrive.
The U. And now that many schools receive federal and state funding based on test results, teachers teach for those outcomes, but not for stimulating student curiosity or critical thinking, nor for learning non-specific principles or values. Furthermore, diaries and first-person narratives, writing styles preferred by girls, are often favored over comic books and science fiction, themes favored by boys. What else is wrong with school dynamics? Too many schools have eliminated gym class and structured playtime, which means there is no longer a time or place to release pent up energy, socialize during free time, or develop imagination.
