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Interesting /r/science thread critiquing study on why young men are less adventurous/active then previous generations

firex726

September 2, 2013

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http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1lkv15/study_young_men_are_less_adventurous_than_they/

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Title	Interesting /r/science thread critiquing study on why young men are less adventurous/active then previous generations
Author	firex726
Upvotes	11
Comments	4
Date	September 2, 2013 6:08 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1ll8p1/interesting_rscience_thread_critiquing_study_on/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/interesting-rscience-thread-critiquing-study-on.1164871 https://theredarchive.com/post/1164871

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[–]firex726[S] 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link

The study seems mostly bunk, but the comments critiquing it are what I thought might of of interest to those here.

In addition to finances it seems to ignore the realities of male behavior in our society and things have changed over the last 50 years.

50 years ago, two drunks fighting, no big deal; maybe lock them up till they sober up in the morning.
Now though, you'll like be getting sued by the other party, maybe even the bar, and patrons; you will be seeing jail time and have to hire an expensive lawyer.

Also ignore the advent of gaming, which has traditionally been male oriented. Whereas with our fathers if they wanted a thrill it'd have to be gotten in real life or from a book.

As well as drugging boys in school to make them more manageable in the classroom, but those drugs don't just turn off at the sound of the bell. Making them more mellow in school would translate to home.

[–]MegaMaverick 3 points4 points5 points 12 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[–]VZPurp 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

[–]Degraine 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

I don't know if I believe that it's necessarily more difficult to get money...it seems like keeping it is the problem. There's just so much more to spend it on these days. It's a matter of controlling your spending.

As my dad, born a few years after WW2 ended, said: We certainly didn't have as much shit back then as we do now.

EDIT: And now that I think about it, there's another aspect to this, specifically regarding wages. The entry of women into the market in large numbers flooded it, essentially, creating a buyer's market if you will. Driving down the value of individual employees, and creating the situation today where a lot of families have to have two incomes in order to maintain their lifestyle.

Ultimately, feminism shot society in the foot by not rigourously pursuing dismantling male gender roles as well, making it acceptable for men to stay at home and be the homemaker. Irony.