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Philip Zimbardo Says Young Men are Educationally and Sexually Doomed
- lutusp 14y agoAnother dubious and untestable psychological hypothesis. In this case, the psychologist can only decry what men aren't doing (having "meaningful" relationships) but has no idea what they are doing (engaging with science and technology), because that territory is incomprehensible to a psychologist. As with most such psychological hypotheses, this is a first-class disservice to women -- it implies that women who forgo science and technology in favor of "meaningful relationships" are making the right choice. The article claims about men that they are "... outperformed by girls 'at every level,' ... ". Not really -- the science and technology gap is real enough, it represents a serious obstacle to social progress and gender equality, and it has no right to exist. But as to why it exists, that's easier to explain -- airhead psychologists telling women who avoid difficult subjects that they're making the right choice.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoThis is hardly a new problem, and I am fairly certain that it is nowhere near as bad as this person claims.
- nekitamo 14y agoA rebuttal: http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/06/the-demise-of-guys-why-boys-are-struggling-and-what-we-can-do-about-it-by-philip-zimbardo-and-nikita-duncan-ted-books-ki.html http://www.downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/06/the-demise-of...
- lnanek2 14y agoI know plenty of guys who are very happy working all week, playing games in the evenings, maybe having a football party on the weekened or going to a hackathon in my case, occasionally hitting clubs to get laid. Life can be pretty damn good without meaningful relationships...
- noonespecial 14y ago"A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle." Perhaps the coin had two sides all along?