They never learned how to create and keep relationships outside of their wives, and that’s if their wives even liked them. After any one of the three D’s: Death, Desertion, or Divorce, these men are horribly lonely, without the emotional skills necessary to forming new relationships. They don’t know how to treat anyone, including themselves, which might also account for the horrendous number of suicides among middle aged men.)

And I see the same thing happening to Gen Z because the previous generations of men don’t know how to be “new men” either, or know enough to teach them how to be different.

Most women back then, in order to survive, had no choice but to settle for the best man they could find in their orbit, even if they didn’t even like the guy. Today, we don’t have to settle for someone we merely tolerate, and we want to like and be friends with our companions. We want to be able to admire their personalities, their emotionality, and nurturing side. Their ability not just to pay bills, but enough trust to share their feelings with us, and make us feel safe enough to be vulnerable with them. Finding all that in a man takes more time.