Where Have All the Good Men Gone?
Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a high-school diploma, financial independence, marriage and children. Today, most men in their 20s hang out in a novel sort of limbo, a hybrid state of semi-hormonal adolescence and responsible self-reliance. This "pre-adulthood" has much to recommend it, especially for the college-educated. But it's time to state what has become obvious to legions of frustrated young women: It doesn't bring out the best in men.
"We are sick of hooking up with guys," writes the comedian Julie Klausner, author of a touchingly funny 2010 book, "I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Sensitive Hipsters and Other Guys I've Dated." What Ms. Klausner means by "guys" is males who are not boys or men but something in between. "Guys talk about 'Star Wars' like it's not a movie made for people half their age; a guy's idea of a perfect night is a hang around the PlayStation with his bandmates, or a trip to Vegas with his college friends.... They are more like the kids we babysat than the dads who drove us home." One female reviewer of Ms. Kausner's book wrote, "I had to stop several times while reading and think: Wait, did I date this same guy?"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704409004576146321725889448.html
I can't put into words why exactly this pisses me off, but pisses me of it does. Also, what exactly is wrong with wanting to play video games and make a trip to Vegas or watch Star Wars? Replace video games with, say, a spa visit, or a trip to Vegas with a trip to Fairbanks or San Fran or Australia, or Star Wars with Harry Potter or The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson, and you've got yours truly! /csb
"We are sick of hooking up with guys," writes the comedian Julie Klausner, author of a touchingly funny 2010 book, "I Don't Care About Your Band: What I Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Sensitive Hipsters and Other Guys I've Dated." What Ms. Klausner means by "guys" is males who are not boys or men but something in between. "Guys talk about 'Star Wars' like it's not a movie made for people half their age; a guy's idea of a perfect night is a hang around the PlayStation with his bandmates, or a trip to Vegas with his college friends.... They are more like the kids we babysat than the dads who drove us home." One female reviewer of Ms. Kausner's book wrote, "I had to stop several times while reading and think: Wait, did I date this same guy?"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704409004576146321725889448.html
I can't put into words why exactly this pisses me off, but pisses me of it does. Also, what exactly is wrong with wanting to play video games and make a trip to Vegas or watch Star Wars? Replace video games with, say, a spa visit, or a trip to Vegas with a trip to Fairbanks or San Fran or Australia, or Star Wars with Harry Potter or The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson, and you've got yours truly! /csb