| Mr Khan said: There's a simpler (and less obliquely sexist) explanation, in that the world of leisure has simply become a better substitute for what has traditionally been held as the "good life" in modernity. Getting a spouse is hard, buying a house and a car is expensive, and this is a burden that is equally imposing on both genders. One can look to the problem in Japan and simply see the Japanese as a bit ahead of the curve in this regard (though the problems in Japan are also because Japan is simultaneously behind the times with a sexist family legal structure). In Japan there are many young people of both genders who see participation in normal family life (getting married and settling down) as simply too expensive and difficult, and so the structure collapses. There is a problem somewhere in there, but the blame lies on neither gender, rather the outdated institutions and expectations that are placed on young people. |
There's an even simpler and much more overtly sexist explanation: if you are a young man, would you rather (a) play video games and jerk it to internet porn or (b) pretend to care about some yammering harpy's feelings?
