I’ve been talking about this for a year and the Coli claimed I was lying. The problem is that we’re seeing societal norms stay the same while the country’s economic situation shifts. Men have been coddled for decades, if not more. I call it the AJ Soprano theory: families are lenient on their sons while demanding excellence from their daughters, in order to (hopefully) avoid her becoming a single parent. The result is we raise soft men who don’t have standards.
In the past this wasn’t a problem because that same man didn’t have to go to college. He could be a factory worker at the auto plant, get amazing insurance, be paid very well and raise a family. Those jobs have disappeared, and now men find it harder to fall into success. In short the education gap wouldn’t matter as much if men were making 70-90k at auto plants, postal service, construction etc like they once did (with inflation taken into account).
Instead many men are failing. They have no standards, they can’t deal with competition and they’re content to exist. Go to work at a warehouse or retail, go home, and play video games all night. And complain online that women won’t fukk them. This is bad. And I don’t think the blame is women having standards. The problem is we’ve allowed our middle class to be decimated, our unions to be destroyed, etc. Flip side with sit back and watch men get raised to be bums.
Not just single mothers. Look at how men are raised. Across multiple cultures…not just black or white. This is why the “good old boy” network exists…so dad can call in a favor and get knucklehead junior a decent job at the port, factory, whatever. But when those jobs disappear…