Scott Galloway how to save teenage boys.

[Anonymous]

Why are you all so god damned nasty to one another?

[Anonymous]

Misandry is socially acceptable now and even encouraged. Just look at some of the posts on this thread (not all.) They echo the disdain from red pillers towards women.

- liberal mother of 3 teen/YA boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really interesting takes on boys and technology. I think he’s right about a lot but off on some things but I think his ideas are worth discussing. Are we failing boy? Have we put girls ahead of boys or have women just put their heads down and figured it out?

Excerpt:

“ …his stats tell a worrying story. In 1950, 50 per cent of men under 30 had children; now it’s 21 per cent (and 60 per cent of young men aged 18-24 still live with their parents). The downstream effects are startling: 1 in 3 men under 30 hasn’t had sex in the past year; 45 per cent of men aged 18-25 have never approached a woman in person (as opposed to online) to ask them on a date.

“No cohort has fallen further, faster than young men,” he asserts. “You ask me about the [Tommy Robinson] march in London? History shows us fascism breeds among sad, lonely, badly educated males who are most susceptible to conspiracy theories. Trump got elected because we have a young man problem. And you want to know why his vote went up among women over 45? I believe they are concerned mothers.”

“It begins with education. Boys’ slower brain development (the male prefrontal cortex matures later than in girls) means they quickly fall behind girls at school. What’s more, higher education is now prohibitively expensive, while manual jobs have disappeared due to globalisation and AI. Even for those working, inflation has devalued wages and housing is increasingly unaffordable.

The social contract is broken,” he says. “The promise that working hard and following the rules means your life will be better than for previous generations is gone. In that landscape of despair, the temptations offered by godlike technology, porn, gambling and conspiracy theories can be irresistible.”

Full article.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/scott-galloway-how-save-teenage-boys-gckntn7t9

Did he offer a solution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Misandry is socially acceptable now and even encouraged. Just look at some of the posts on this thread (not all.) They echo the disdain from red pillers towards women.

- liberal mother of 3 teen/YA boys.

What posts exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really interesting takes on boys and technology. I think he’s right about a lot but off on some things but I think his ideas are worth discussing. Are we failing boy? Have we put girls ahead of boys or have women just put their heads down and figured it out?

Excerpt:

“ …his stats tell a worrying story. In 1950, 50 per cent of men under 30 had children; now it’s 21 per cent (and 60 per cent of young men aged 18-24 still live with their parents). The downstream effects are startling: 1 in 3 men under 30 hasn’t had sex in the past year; 45 per cent of men aged 18-25 have never approached a woman in person (as opposed to online) to ask them on a date.

“No cohort has fallen further, faster than young men,” he asserts. “You ask me about the [Tommy Robinson] march in London? History shows us fascism breeds among sad, lonely, badly educated males who are most susceptible to conspiracy theories. Trump got elected because we have a young man problem. And you want to know why his vote went up among women over 45? I believe they are concerned mothers.”

“It begins with education. Boys’ slower brain development (the male prefrontal cortex matures later than in girls) means they quickly fall behind girls at school. What’s more, higher education is now prohibitively expensive, while manual jobs have disappeared due to globalisation and AI. Even for those working, inflation has devalued wages and housing is increasingly unaffordable.

The social contract is broken,” he says. “The promise that working hard and following the rules means your life will be better than for previous generations is gone. In that landscape of despair, the temptations offered by godlike technology, porn, gambling and conspiracy theories can be irresistible.”

Full article.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/scott-galloway-how-save-teenage-boys-gckntn7t9

Did he offer a solution?

He is telling men to step up and be role models and engage with their kids and boys in their communities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really interesting takes on boys and technology. I think he’s right about a lot but off on some things but I think his ideas are worth discussing. Are we failing boy? Have we put girls ahead of boys or have women just put their heads down and figured it out?

Excerpt:

“ …his stats tell a worrying story. In 1950, 50 per cent of men under 30 had children; now it’s 21 per cent (and 60 per cent of young men aged 18-24 still live with their parents). The downstream effects are startling: 1 in 3 men under 30 hasn’t had sex in the past year; 45 per cent of men aged 18-25 have never approached a woman in person (as opposed to online) to ask them on a date.

“No cohort has fallen further, faster than young men,” he asserts. “You ask me about the [Tommy Robinson] march in London? History shows us fascism breeds among sad, lonely, badly educated males who are most susceptible to conspiracy theories. Trump got elected because we have a young man problem. And you want to know why his vote went up among women over 45? I believe they are concerned mothers.”

“It begins with education. Boys’ slower brain development (the male prefrontal cortex matures later than in girls) means they quickly fall behind girls at school. What’s more, higher education is now prohibitively expensive, while manual jobs have disappeared due to globalisation and AI. Even for those working, inflation has devalued wages and housing is increasingly unaffordable.

The social contract is broken,” he says. “The promise that working hard and following the rules means your life will be better than for previous generations is gone. In that landscape of despair, the temptations offered by godlike technology, porn, gambling and conspiracy theories can be irresistible.”

Full article.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/scott-galloway-how-save-teenage-boys-gckntn7t9

Did he offer a solution?

He is telling men to step up and be role models and engage with their kids and boys in their communities.

I think that's excellent advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really interesting takes on boys and technology. I think he’s right about a lot but off on some things but I think his ideas are worth discussing. Are we failing boy? Have we put girls ahead of boys or have women just put their heads down and figured it out?

Excerpt:

“ …his stats tell a worrying story. In 1950, 50 per cent of men under 30 had children; now it’s 21 per cent (and 60 per cent of young men aged 18-24 still live with their parents). The downstream effects are startling: 1 in 3 men under 30 hasn’t had sex in the past year; 45 per cent of men aged 18-25 have never approached a woman in person (as opposed to online) to ask them on a date.

“No cohort has fallen further, faster than young men,” he asserts. “You ask me about the [Tommy Robinson] march in London? History shows us fascism breeds among sad, lonely, badly educated males who are most susceptible to conspiracy theories. Trump got elected because we have a young man problem. And you want to know why his vote went up among women over 45? I believe they are concerned mothers.”

“It begins with education. Boys’ slower brain development (the male prefrontal cortex matures later than in girls) means they quickly fall behind girls at school. What’s more, higher education is now prohibitively expensive, while manual jobs have disappeared due to globalisation and AI. Even for those working, inflation has devalued wages and housing is increasingly unaffordable.

The social contract is broken,” he says. “The promise that working hard and following the rules means your life will be better than for previous generations is gone. In that landscape of despair, the temptations offered by godlike technology, porn, gambling and conspiracy theories can be irresistible.”

Full article.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/scott-galloway-how-save-teenage-boys-gckntn7t9

Did he offer a solution?

He is telling men to step up and be role models and engage with their kids and boys in their communities.

I think that's excellent advice.

Indeed. Women are too busy to carry everything.

[Anonymous]

The movie Adolescence explains this phenomenon and it is spreading globally. It's how we got in our current political turmoil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today's boys didn't create the world they are growing up in but they are still being indirectly blamed or are at least absorbing that message. They are going where they feel empowered which is a natural response.

Exactly this.

And for people saying "they can deal" it's really society's problem (ie got us Trump).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really interesting takes on boys and technology. I think he’s right about a lot but off on some things but I think his ideas are worth discussing. Are we failing boy? Have we put girls ahead of boys or have women just put their heads down and figured it out?

Excerpt:

“ …his stats tell a worrying story. In 1950, 50 per cent of men under 30 had children; now it’s 21 per cent (and 60 per cent of young men aged 18-24 still live with their parents). The downstream effects are startling: 1 in 3 men under 30 hasn’t had sex in the past year; 45 per cent of men aged 18-25 have never approached a woman in person (as opposed to online) to ask them on a date.

“No cohort has fallen further, faster than young men,” he asserts. “You ask me about the [Tommy Robinson] march in London? History shows us fascism breeds among sad, lonely, badly educated males who are most susceptible to conspiracy theories. Trump got elected because we have a young man problem. And you want to know why his vote went up among women over 45? I believe they are concerned mothers.”

“It begins with education. Boys’ slower brain development (the male prefrontal cortex matures later than in girls) means they quickly fall behind girls at school. What’s more, higher education is now prohibitively expensive, while manual jobs have disappeared due to globalisation and AI. Even for those working, inflation has devalued wages and housing is increasingly unaffordable.

The social contract is broken,” he says. “The promise that working hard and following the rules means your life will be better than for previous generations is gone. In that landscape of despair, the temptations offered by godlike technology, porn, gambling and conspiracy theories can be irresistible.”

Full article.

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/scott-galloway-how-save-teenage-boys-gckntn7t9

Did he offer a solution?

He is telling men to step up and be role models and engage with their kids and boys in their communities.

I think that's excellent advice.

+1 DS was struggling with school and had a really negative attitude about it in 8-9th grade. Then he connected with dad at our church as his confirmation mentor and worked with two young male tutors in 9th grade. Those influences really helped set him on a better path (he does have an involved dad at home but they tend to butt heads a lot).

[Anonymous]

I mean, his work is backed up by actual data.

Even if you don’t agree 100%, it’s weird to dismiss his work outright.

I’m in my 50s and I do policy work on social justice type issues that include things like poverty, and some of his work tracks with what I’ve researched, read, and observed firsthand working with experts in the US and abroad.

I recall seeing him on some show in recent years (maybe with Bill Maher?) where one of his key talking points is that the most successful people are always out. You can’t make friends, find a partner, network, and be happy if you are always at home. That was such an obvious thing to say but again it underscores a big issue with Americans in 2025 (and it started before covid).

Anyway, I think he’s flagging a lot of real issues supported by facts and data.

[Anonymous]

He points to a number of potential solutions and real world models, including Israel’s mandatory service where young people are required to engage with, work with, and sometimes live with people from all walks of life United by one common goal. It breaks down stereotypes, labels, and perhaps more importantly creates an opportunity to develop and bond.

In America, the privileged kids in college have a somewhat similar opportunity. And kids in the military do as well. But think about the millions of young people who are stuck at home with their parents/grandparents or no family at all. Those are primarily the ones skewing the data that points to a very real, very massive problem that is only getting worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you all so god damned nasty to one another?

That’s rich coming from someone who just offended anyone who is religious. Why do you feel it’s necessary to swear?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Misandry is socially acceptable now and even encouraged. Just look at some of the posts on this thread (not all.) They echo the disdain from red pillers towards women.

- liberal mother of 3 teen/YA boys.

Misandry exists the same way reverse racism exists. In that, it doesnt.

And even if it does, misogyny kills women. Misandry makes fun of men.

[Anonymous]

I wonder when we are going to take on the fact that we've all subjected ourselves and our children to a social experiment via the internet and social media and take steps to address the outcome.

As a PP said, you can't connect if you're inside all of the time.