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00:00One of your big concerns is how much trouble you say young men are in here in America.
00:07Explain that.
00:08Well, let's look at the data.
00:10Four times as likely to kill themselves, three times as likely to be addicted, 12 times as
00:14likely to be incarcerated.
00:16Why are young men struggling?
00:19It's a variety of reasons.
00:20The education system is highly biased against boys, and in addition, our society has absolutely
00:26no empathy for young men.
00:28We hear words like accountability.
00:30We hear words like pull yourself up by your boots, or you should be more in touch with
00:33your emotions.
00:34If any group was committing, was killing themselves, at four times the rate of the control group,
00:40we'd move in with programs.
00:41Well, you have a solution on your Prof G podcast.
00:45You talk about the value of mentorship.
00:49Do you mentor?
00:50I do.
00:52I spend a lot of time with young men, and I say this.
00:56I think if we want better men, we're going to need to be better men.
01:02The ultimate expression of manliness is to get involved in the life of a child that's
01:06not yours.
01:08Why are you so emotional right now?
01:12I was that guy, living with my mom, not a lot of prospects or opportunities, and I had
01:21some wonderful men get involved in my life.
01:24A stockbroker, a guy across the hall that used to take me horseback riding, a couple
01:29of my mom's boyfriends who stayed involved in my life.
01:32They didn't need to do that.
01:34They were just really good men.