Young Men Discouraged From Science [View all]

[TheMastersNemesis]

In the sputnik era taking an interest in science by young men was encouraged. My sense is that if you are a young man today unless you are a sports jock who is pursuing women and being chip off the old block you are not valued. If you do take in interest in things like science, math or similar learning like the arts you are ridiculed as a sissy and a panty waste. Dumbness and crassness is valued more than being bright and intelligent.

Maybe that is why there are now more women in college than men. It is a troubling trend. Young men are portrayed as stupid, rude and ignorant in so many commercials that I see on television. When I hear chatter of younger men they seem shallow and self absorbed. There seems to be little curiosity about the world around them. That does not mean that all young men are ignorant or stupid it just means that too many seem to be.

A lot of fathers seem to be more interested in how much of a brute man their son is than anything else. Their dreams for their sons seem to be for them to be a football player, basketball player, or some other raging hormone sport.

Our nation is quickly falling into an abyss of ignorance as the world at large progresses into the 21st century.