Get It Together, Guys

There have been a lot of articles recently, including this Jezebel one, focusing on what lazy, hapless schmoes modern men have become. Are they wrong? As a male myself, I'd like to come out swinging in defense of my gender but really, I kind of agree. Take one look around the Belo Center and it's apparent that men aren't exactly dominating that field at the college level. Okay, so maybe the fellows are all over in the engineering and business departments getting degrees that actually lead to lucrative employment, but I don't know if that's actually the case.

Recently an ex-girlfriend lamented to me about her current dating prospects. She is a 30 year old women who owns her own business (a vegan ice cream parlor), throws monthly events, runs an Etsy store, and basically just hustles harder than Lil Wayne. And who are the strapping young lads lining up to take her out? She told me about a recent OKCupid encounter where the guy, in his thirties, explained on the first date that he is a functional alcoholic, that he doesn't get up before it gets dark, he bartends or checks IDs a few nights a week, and he sleeps on a futon on the floor. I could take that as an exception rather than the rule, but literally everyone of my female friends in NYC has complained to me about the same problem.

So while I think my gender does need to get its butt in gear in start examining the role they'll play in an egalitarian society (much the way women have been doing so long they're already on version 3.0 of the conversation!), I do enjoy the prestige I get as one of the proud and few men who doesn't live with my parents and spend my days taunting 12 year olds on Call of Duty.