Males Under 35: Are they struggling and what can be done about it?

[Twoin18]

While the historical “chivalry” aspect of this is an interesting analogy, I’d note that the purpose of knights being chivalrous was to win the heart of the fair maiden . It wasn’t a long term career path (although back then life was short anyway).

So I don’t see how ignoring the dearth of romantic relationships is particularly helpful - it feels like displacement activity unless the unspoken point is to suggest that women will be more attracted to and willing to enter into relationships with chivalrous men.

As I mentioned in another thread, it seems some young men may be more interested in having children than young women:

NYT: The Unspoken Grief of Never Becoming a Grandparent

This is a related article about how young men seem to want children more than young women (gift link): From the chats I’ve had with male friends — quietly, late in the evening — I think there is a second type of “unspoken grief” going round. A female friend told me recently that she had been in the pub with a mixed-gender group of peers. She had asked whether they would rather have a) a partner who would stay with them for ever or b) children. All the women said partner; all the men said kids. … Several men told me they would desperately like children but their female partner was less sure. Often they were slightly ashamed. How terribly unprogressive to feel that you are putting pressure on the person who indisputably bears the greater burden. And so they didn’t. But the feelings were there anyway. I found myself thinking that these men seemed to have even less control than women do. It isn’t their body, at the end of the day, so it isn’t their choice. It seems there is a vast h…