Scott Galloway
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And it's amazing. We shouldn't do anything that gets in the way of that. The question is, how do we lift up men? Who wants more economically and emotionally viable men? Women.
So I'm parroting Richard Reeve's great work of boys to men. There's a lot of reasons. Biologically, men mature later. Their prefrontal cortex is literally 18 to 24 months behind a girl's. So two seniors applying to college, a boy and a girl, 17-year-old boy and girl, essentially the girl is competing against a 15-year-old. Oh, my gosh. So think about think about school.
So I'm parroting Richard Reeve's great work of boys to men. There's a lot of reasons. Biologically, men mature later. Their prefrontal cortex is literally 18 to 24 months behind a girl's. So two seniors applying to college, a boy and a girl, 17-year-old boy and girl, essentially the girl is competing against a 15-year-old. Oh, my gosh. So think about think about school.
What are the behaviors we promote in school? Be organized. Be a pleaser. Sit still. Basically, education is set up for girls. I couldn't do it. And there's a lot of shame when boys, you know, just my 13 year old, the idea of my 13 year old sitting in still for an hour and a half and listening to French verbs. I think it's literally torture for him. Yeah. You also, so they're biologically inferior.
What are the behaviors we promote in school? Be organized. Be a pleaser. Sit still. Basically, education is set up for girls. I couldn't do it. And there's a lot of shame when boys, you know, just my 13 year old, the idea of my 13 year old sitting in still for an hour and a half and listening to French verbs. I think it's literally torture for him. Yeah. You also, so they're biologically inferior.
They're also emotionally and mentally less strong. While boys are physically stronger, they're emotionally and mentally much weaker. Yeah. So we have the second most single family households in America as any country in the world. We're second to Sweden. And when we say single family home, single parent home, 92% of the time it's a mom.
They're also emotionally and mentally less strong. While boys are physically stronger, they're emotionally and mentally much weaker. Yeah. So we have the second most single family households in America as any country in the world. We're second to Sweden. And when we say single family home, single parent home, 92% of the time it's a mom.
What's interesting is the girl in that household has similar outcomes, college attainment, self-harm. They seem to be doing just fine with just a single mother. A boy falls off the tracks. The moment he loses a male role model, he becomes much more likely to be incarcerated, addicted, or kill himself. It's also a really, really scary stat. Two 15-year-olds sexually molested a boy and a girl.
What's interesting is the girl in that household has similar outcomes, college attainment, self-harm. They seem to be doing just fine with just a single mother. A boy falls off the tracks. The moment he loses a male role model, he becomes much more likely to be incarcerated, addicted, or kill himself. It's also a really, really scary stat. Two 15-year-olds sexually molested a boy and a girl.
The boy is 10 times more likely to kill himself later in life. That's not to say either crime is any less heinous. But what it ends up is that boys are emotionally and mentally much weaker than girls. And the single point of failure... is when they lose a role model, a male role model. And there is an entire generation of men. The dad's gone. 70% to 90% of people in schools are women.
The boy is 10 times more likely to kill himself later in life. That's not to say either crime is any less heinous. But what it ends up is that boys are emotionally and mentally much weaker than girls. And the single point of failure... is when they lose a role model, a male role model. And there is an entire generation of men. The dad's gone. 70% to 90% of people in schools are women.
There's more female per capita fighter pilots than male kindergarten teachers. Wow. There are just very few men in primary education. So you have a whole generation of boys who are growing up with absolutely no contact with men. And so when I think about what it means to be masculine, you take care of your stuff. You're together. You have a plan. You're kind. You have surplus value.
There's more female per capita fighter pilots than male kindergarten teachers. Wow. There are just very few men in primary education. So you have a whole generation of boys who are growing up with absolutely no contact with men. And so when I think about what it means to be masculine, you take care of your stuff. You're together. You have a plan. You're kind. You have surplus value.
You begin to take care of your family. You're a protector. You're a provider. You start to contribute to your community. I think the ultimate expression of masculinity, it's more a call for action, is for a man to get involved in the life of a kid that's not his. And there's especially a huge need for young boys. And my mom was always really good at this. Her boyfriend stayed in my life.
You begin to take care of your family. You're a protector. You're a provider. You start to contribute to your community. I think the ultimate expression of masculinity, it's more a call for action, is for a man to get involved in the life of a kid that's not his. And there's especially a huge need for young boys. And my mom was always really good at this. Her boyfriend stayed in my life.
I had a guy across the hall come over one day and introduced himself to my mom. And then the next weekend he came over and said, would your son like to learn how to horseback ride? And I used to go out to a ranch in Calabasas with this guy for the better part of two years every other weekend. And he taught me how to ride a horse and he talked to me about stuff.
I had a guy across the hall come over one day and introduced himself to my mom. And then the next weekend he came over and said, would your son like to learn how to horseback ride? And I used to go out to a ranch in Calabasas with this guy for the better part of two years every other weekend. And he taught me how to ride a horse and he talked to me about stuff.
And the thing is, you don't have to be a baller. You just have to be a guy trying to live a virtuous life. And quite frankly, Michael Jackson and Catholic Church have screwed it up for these men because there's an air of suspicion when a young man wants or a man wants to get involved in a boy's life. Right. have a feeling of paternal and fraternal love. Yes.
And the thing is, you don't have to be a baller. You just have to be a guy trying to live a virtuous life. And quite frankly, Michael Jackson and Catholic Church have screwed it up for these men because there's an air of suspicion when a young man wants or a man wants to get involved in a boy's life. Right. have a feeling of paternal and fraternal love. Yes.
And sometimes they don't have a place to give it yet. And what I would urge all men to do is there's an enormous cadre of young boys who need men in their life and aren't getting it.