I read that article in Philly Mag. It was ****ing stupid.
There isn't a problem with young men. The problem is that there are idiot women that don't realize that video games, porn, and hanging out with friends is a better option than getting married and having a serious relationship. "Relationships" are always tilted towards having more benefits for women. It's ingrained into American thought. Marriage itself is just a 50% chance of losing more than 50% of what you've earned as well as an almost guaranteed loss of custody of your children with the requirement of paying child support to a woman that now hates you...and she doesn't even have to keep records on what the child support went to. So your kids are now being raised by some deadbeat your wife ran off with and you are paying them hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars a month. But, hey, you get to see them every other weekend.
Then you have the fact that the feminist movement went waaaaay too far. These women want to have careers, equal pay, all that good ****. And there's nothing wrong with that. But they still want the chivalry bull**** to go along with it inside of interpersonal sexual relationships. You expect to be treated like a queen and for men to buy you ****...make your Valentine's Day "special"...hold the door open...blah, blah, blah. NO! You don't get to have your cake and eat it, too. And an entire generation of young men have reached a point of disillusionment. What's the point of a serious relationship? Men get NOTHING out of it with the typical, American Gen Y woman. Unless they are old. Then it makes sense. Because they are desperate for a "real man" and way hotter than the 35-45 year olds they are usually stuck with.
This also show the hypocrisy of American society. It's fine for women to redefine what it means to be a woman. But if a man does it, it's wrong. Men aren't allowed to redefine what it means to be a man. Men (heterosexuals, anyway) aren't allowed to weak pink, listen to Lady Gaga, or whatever. They have to be what they are told to be. Well, what if this generation of men want to do what THEY want to do? Women can redefine their gender roles but men can't? Ridiculous.
So, to the women of Gen Y. It's not us, its you. Most of you typically just suck. You aren't worth it.
I was lucky enough that I got one that is rational. For example, she thinks Valentine's Day is stupid and doesn't want children. If I bought her something for Valentine's Day she'd probably get pissed off at me for being a giant, whipped ***** AND for perpetuating an invented holiday. I'm the luckiest dude on the planet. Hell, she loves WVU athletics, too. She rode on a ****ty NJ Transit train to NYC (aka, the most overrated city on the planet) yesterday to watch my team lose. And she was just as pissed off as I was. I pity the rest of you saps. Going out on Valentine's Day. Buying a $50,000 wedding (I went to a courthouse). Most women treat their men like wage slaves. It's just the truth.
I am surprised nobody has mentioned the biggest motivating factor for situations like this in all creatures of the animal kingdom, power. Definitely power draws the suitors before cash flow. This manager certainly had some of that.
