Why Boys Are Failing

[Inquiry]

Never seen the movie, I only know the term from conversations from a few years back. I did just check the site and saw a bunch of the issues listed, yes lethality of the jobs was among them, and so were men’s shelters, custody, prison times, and homelessness rates.

About what I expected, really. The statistics were light (it was a poster) so I’d have to dig into it to see how valid the stats are, but it is specific issues not generic complaining.

 

[Sarcelle]

We are in the midst of a fourth industrial revolution.

Automation is taking jobs away at an ever increasing pace. Add to that the ever increasing cost of education and I’m not just talking about University education but even trade schools. Some of these “schools” are outright scams.

So you take student debt, no job security and you have insecurity all around.

Today’s young people are facing challenges the previous generations, especially Boomers, have not had to face.

It was in my generation, Gen X, that the word temployment was coined. I started my working life with the rise of the gig economy and have had four layoffs to my record.

I have yet to buy a house because I’m never sure if I will still be employed tomorrow.

So this “failure” to launch has more causes to it than just too many female schoolteachers.

I also see that this article has been written by one of those ivory tower academics. It reflects that.

 

[Neithan]

Have you considered logotherapy? Just throwing it out there. [A quick article about it written last year Holy Week And Man's Search For Meaning - Catholic Journal ]. I’d also recommend looking up Dr. Jordan Peterson if you haven’t already.

 

[JanR]

As for “diversity”, Afro-Americans and other minorities were discriminated against in the military – including some blacks who were real heroes being denied the same medals and awards their white counterparts got for the same kind of heroism. Fortunately, this has been made up for in recent times as, better late than never, some of these black heroes are finally getting their medals of honor or other well earned recognition. Unfortunately, some of this was made right posthumously – the awards being accepted by their descendants, because it was denied them while they were alive.

 

[Jen95]

Just curious – have you thought of studying a trade? I hear that trained trades guys are in high demand.
Do you live somewhere where it’s impossibly expensive to live?

 

[JimG]

I’m sure that discrimination occurred in the military, particularly when units were segregated. But in my unit there was no segregation and nobody was going to get a combat medal unless WW-III broke out. It was a diverse group. We had one guy who was an avowed total pacifist, but he was not going to be assigned to kill anyone. We had one who was born in a Japanese-American internment camp in the 1940’s, my unit chief was African-American, one guy worked evenings as a disc jockey at a local radio station, another worked the swing shift at the loading dock of the Base Exchange to earn extra money. One liked to argue about space travel, another spent his spare time at the gym. Without the draft, I think the military services attract only those who are specifically intent on a military career.