Pearl - July 14, 2026


Ben Shapiro Is STILL A SIMP


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14 minutes

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2,969

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18

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7

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22

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Almost 1 in 2 men aged 25 to 45 are not dads. That s a record high, and it s a crisis of absence. Why does that matter? Why does the lack of fathers matter, and what role does it play in society?

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00:00:00.000 because if men become users then they become abusers if men and women are oh my god this is
00:00:04.780 the biggest simp thing i've ever seen in my life so if men hook up with women that want to hook up
00:00:09.740 with them now they're abused really what's up guys welcome to my reaction series today i'm reacting
00:00:15.900 to a ben shapiro clip um so the daily wire has basically you know gaslit the american public
00:00:23.480 about the falling birth rate and sold us that traditionalism is coming back but now it's kind 1.00
00:00:28.220 of hit them in the face that marriage um is dying that women are big fat slut whores and they have 1.00
00:00:33.500 to kind of acknowledge it while towing the line for their female audience so we're gonna look at 1.00
00:00:38.480 ben shapiro talking about the fatherhood crisis living through a fatherhood crisis almost one in
00:00:43.940 two men aged 25 to 45 are not dads that is a record high in 1980 that number was 10 million
00:00:50.660 today it is 23 million the share of men who are dads has fallen from 66 in that period to just
00:00:56.780 53 percent but here's the paradox the dads who are around are actually more involved than any
00:01:02.060 generation before them according to the institute of family studies married parents spend essentially
00:01:06.780 no statistically meaningful gap in time raising their children so dads aren't just pulling their
00:01:11.740 weight at home they're pulling massive weight at home child care cleaning cooking so while we have
00:01:15.900 a crisis it's not one of failure it is a crisis of absence people who aren't becoming dads why does
00:01:21.420 that matter well because social science is unequivocal fathers are essential when fathers
00:01:25.820 go away society crumbles today we're going to talk about why the role of father isn't just
00:01:29.900 important it is the backbone of all civilization so let's begin with a simple fact the social
00:01:34.940 science says not all family units are created equal you need a mom you need a dad according
00:01:39.740 don't really need a mom because um kids raised without mothers are actually just as good as two
00:01:45.180 parents to a massive harvard study the most powerful factor that puts young men at risk of
00:01:49.340 criminal behavior and poverty is lack of fathers in that it's because there's no discipline routine
00:01:54.140 and structure because we have chaos and um the lack of routine makes it so the kids don't really
00:01:59.420 get good or know how to do anything not even fathers in the specific home fathers even in
00:02:04.060 the neighborhood more generally can have a massive impact a prevalence of responsible men even helps
00:02:08.860 compensate for the lack of a dad in the home you need responsible men nearby and they're good
00:02:14.220 biological again but he's he's missing it there's responsible men everywhere i would say the
00:02:19.580 majority of men are responsible the issue is that women aren't one we're not reproducing with
00:02:24.460 responsible men and two if a man is responsible we ruin his life and kick him out basis for this
00:02:30.380 men are by nature bigger and stronger than women on average they're also more prone to violence
00:02:34.780 and more aggressive which means that no no ben stop stop the cap men are not more aggressive 0.89
00:02:42.300 i would say um women are more aggressive because we we've aborted an eighth of the world population 0.80
00:02:47.820 that's pretty aggressive to me we have left strength so we can't um but imagine if women 1.00
00:02:53.440 could kill a bitch with their hands like men can do you really think they're like who would kill 1.00
00:02:58.140 more people women because we can't control our emotions typically speaking men either build or 1.00
00:03:03.160 they destroy those are the choices you need men to teach their sons not men need to get sex in
00:03:08.820 return and if men don't get a wife and sex in return then they destroy because they just say 1.00
00:03:13.280 fuck it um if i can't be known for good i'll do evil to destroy that actually they are supposed 1.00
00:03:18.080 to protect men have to teach their sons and other kids in the neighborhood manliness or societies 1.00
00:03:23.200 crumble because boys tear those societies down and by the way it's not a coincidence that girls
00:03:27.680 from single mother homes also fare far more poorly than girls from two-parent homes girls from homes
00:03:33.360 without a dad tend to engage in sexually risky behavior higher rates of drug use drop out of
00:03:37.840 school more often why well because dads provide a sense of security for children and they model
00:03:43.200 the behavior if you're a dad you keep your kids in line you make sure they know they are protected
00:03:47.580 those are the two things so for boys keeping them in line ensures that they know what the rules are
00:03:52.640 what is good behavior what is bad behavior their issue is even good dads don't keep their daughters
00:03:56.660 in line you do you see he says you got to keep the sons in line what about the daughters
00:04:00.700 and there's somebody there who actually is willing to enforce those rules there is yet to be a 17
00:04:08.000 year old boy who's afraid of mom but there always has to be that component when it comes to father
00:04:12.240 are you kidding everybody's afraid of their mother mothers completely dictate the emotional
00:04:20.320 um side of the house if mama's not happy nobody's happy well ben where have you been but it's just
00:04:26.320 a reality and as for girls girls learn from men how women ought to be treated if dad treats mom
00:04:32.080 badly you got a problem if dad isn't even there girl yeah but even when girls say that their dad 0.99
00:04:37.840 treated their mom badly half the time it was the mother treating the father badly and brainwashing
00:04:42.880 the kids into that it was the other way around have no idea what they should even look for in
00:04:47.280 men if dad is protective and loving toward mom good shot that the girls are going no not really
00:04:52.960 see that's a cope so men like him have an ego investment they believe that if they're good to
00:04:57.920 the mother that the daughters will also pick good men um but there is nothing there's nothing you 1.00
00:05:07.360 can do to stop your daughter from being a big fat slut whore nothing pretty sure ben shapiro's 0.99
00:05:12.460 sister's got nudes on the internet same family i mean to pursue a man who does the same fatherhood 0.99
00:05:17.440 isn't just about what it provides for the kids it's also about providing a mission for men if
00:05:21.740 men do not have purpose they fall apart they turn to substitutes for actual manliness if they're not
00:05:27.160 going to protect and build they instead tend to engage in a sort of macho culture that prizes
00:05:31.640 sexual conquest of whatever woman okay look at so anything that benefits and gives men leverage
00:05:37.760 beta men um demonize so uh men becoming really good looking that gives them leverage men getting
00:05:44.500 multiple women that gives them leverage and beta men um they're so used to taking orders from women
00:05:50.360 that they don't know how to um say no to their wives and they demonize men that can because it
00:05:56.920 makes them feel incompetent i think it's pliable at the time or physical strength this is the
00:06:01.260 difference between the sort of sheepdog and the wolf they are very very different the sheepdog
00:06:06.140 protects and defends the wolf takes advantage of and if boys are not taught to protect and defend
00:06:10.560 they will use their strength in ways that benefit them in selfish ways men will choose to victimize
00:06:16.120 women rather than protecting them they will look for women they can take advantage of and turn into
00:06:20.140 andrew tape rather than into nick freitas right it's very important that men take on okay that 0.80
00:06:25.960 this is the gayest thing i've ever heard don't be like andrew tate what do you have a crush on him
00:06:31.680 the persona of the protector this is an actual social role because if men become users then 0.99
00:06:37.180 they become abusers if men and women are oh my god this is the biggest simp thing i've ever seen
00:06:43.320 in my life so if men hook up with women that want to hook up with them now they're abused really
00:06:49.040 truly just because you just because you're incompetent when it comes to women i cannot
00:06:54.900 stand oh this irks me i cannot stand that men that can't like ben shapiro obviously is not good with
00:07:01.200 women um even though he could probably get women now because he's good at other things but
00:07:05.880 when you have to beg a woman to marry you you can't really say you're a lady killer
00:07:10.700 you know you just can't so um now he's trying to demonize the men that are competent because
00:07:17.600 he's incompetent so supposedly exactly the same and women don't need protectors what exactly is
00:07:22.300 man supposed to do if a man isn't going to protect a woman and his children he doesn't need to
00:07:26.700 protect them because society does the government that you pay taxes so and what is his role and
00:07:33.020 women um men are not responsible for protection because women um you can buy a gun you can protect
00:07:40.380 yourself now so um if women and women go out at night we party we travel the countries alone
00:07:46.300 like women don't care about our safety so why should men in life he becomes a free radical
00:07:50.620 simply seeking hedonistic pleasure and that is a destructive force in society it is not patriarchal 0.80
00:07:56.440 ism now he's got to point out that music in the back i just can't i can't with these ninjas men
00:08:00.820 have roles and women do too and the male role is really important if that role goes away men become
00:08:05.620 unmoored they become solipsistic they disconnect from society they become atomistic and then they
00:08:10.640 take advantage of other people or they destroy themselves we'll get to it's so crazy how he's
00:08:16.060 nagging on men and saying men become evil but okay ben ben's a high status guy right so he
00:08:22.780 you're a professional talker or professional lawyer before that so you operate in the high
00:08:28.060 status class but there's low status men that make it possible for you to exist that build your
00:08:32.540 microphones do the um production on your shows you know all these men that don't get the money
00:08:38.140 and the power and the glory etc um and so you know who are you professional talker to say that
00:08:46.380 men are hedonistic for wanting to get laid when you're a high status guy you've no idea what it's
00:08:51.840 like to be a low status guy you've been high status probably your whole life now the bible
00:08:55.160 says all of this and the bible says that fathers are important and that men also say that women
00:08:59.640 are lesser than men and women belong to men and you should obey your husband so but which which
00:09:04.400 are supposed to be fathers this is why god is referred to as a father and in fact crazy that 0.98
00:09:09.260 the fatherhood crisis is caused by women um women are going to ivf and getting sperm donations women 0.87
00:09:17.020 are kicking the fathers out of their home women undermine men's authority and embarrass them on
00:09:21.180 social media and yet ben shapiro still finds a way to blame you guys that's incredible book of
00:09:26.760 genesis is all about what happens when dad doesn't do a good job right adam is not present as a
00:09:31.640 father very much in the bible he was present as a mother adam is not very present as a father 0.77
00:09:35.280 eve caused eternal suffering and you're still gonna nag adam and so cain ends up slaying abel
00:09:41.500 and when it comes to other fathers in the bible the bible doesn't actually show a lot of great 0.65
00:09:46.920 dads the bible tends to show the kinds of mistakes that are made but there are a few amazing examples
00:09:52.220 of fatherhood in the bible the top in the book of genesis would be abraham this is what i mean
00:09:57.060 what kind of guy would listen to this am and isaac the whole point of the sacrifice story
00:10:02.520 in abraham and isaac is the idea that fathers must instill in their children a sense of moral duty
00:10:07.900 that may even cost their lives that is the thing that men teach their kids women tend to protect
00:10:13.980 the safety of their kids fathers have to teach their kids how to forge forth into the world and
00:10:18.700 what values are worth standing for very different roles abraham teaches isaac and so isaac ends up 1.00
00:10:23.180 becoming how about women let's be more accurate women are big fat slut whores that don't care 0.99
00:10:28.360 about anything but ourselves and men are good amazing and women how about this you know what 0.99
00:10:34.920 this should be directed at women telling them to let the men their jobs and also offering an apology
00:10:40.800 to steven crowder because one of your talents um did um you know did accuse him of abuse and that
00:10:50.140 was wrong. And it's been a bit of time now. And hey, guess what? He's still not found to be
00:10:56.960 abusive. And it was testified that he wasn't. So where's that apology? We're still waiting on him.
00:11:02.420 Anyway, sorry. He actually ends up re-mining his own father's wells. Symbolically, what that means
00:11:09.060 is that he is bringing the same truths to society that his father brought to society that had to be
00:11:12.760 taught to him by his dad. On the other hand, Isaac as a dad is pretty flawed. Because Isaac as a dad
00:11:18.080 is pretty flawed his kids end up at odds with one another probably because his wife is a bitch 0.99
00:11:21.420 there's a lot to learn from the bible about moral responsibility what dads are supposed to do 0.99
00:11:25.560 but it is also true the bible mandates you are supposed to respect and honor your father and
00:11:30.140 mother you're supposed to take what they say with significant gravity that is because to honor your
00:11:34.540 father means to honor the values that animate your family and your nation and your history
00:11:39.620 i love being involved with why don't you say that to the wives to honor the father why are you nagging
00:11:45.640 the kids and the men, never the women. My kids. I spend as much time with my kids as humanly
00:11:51.520 possible. But the core function of dad is not actually to change diapers. The core function
00:11:57.160 of dad is to instill morality. It doesn't mean that dads can't change diapers. I change a lot
00:12:01.180 of diapers. But the core function of a father is different than the core function of a mother.
00:12:06.220 If you and mom, you're the dad, and you and mom can do the same thing, that is not the core
00:12:09.760 function the core function is of a dad is to again protect enforce teach that is a different role
00:12:16.100 so you can do all of those things while still relieving the burdens of household duties and
00:12:21.920 and homework duties on mom and that's a great thing it makes for a better relationship he's
00:12:25.780 just listed all the things men should do nothing that mothers should relationship in many cases
00:12:30.500 i mean it's if these are the this is the ball this is the correct courage of religious guys
00:12:37.100 it will never hold women's feet to the fire and they'll just nag you for eternity and they wonder
00:12:41.820 why men are leaving the church with both your kids and with your wife and one of the great
00:12:45.640 things that's happened in western society is that as we have become richer as the natural
00:12:49.420 consequences of life have become more distant from us we've been able to buffer ourselves from
00:12:54.480 those natural realistic consequences of life because we are very rich and because we have
00:12:58.580 amazing products and goods and services and all the rest it means that we have thought that all
00:13:02.760 of the fundamental basis of civilization are no longer necessary we can get rid of fatherhood
00:13:06.660 and it won't have any impact on society the government can just pay the bills we can get
00:13:10.460 rid of motherhood and that won't have any impact on society i would actually agree it probably it
00:13:15.240 would actually probably benefit society if we had surrogates but yeah you know what but here's the
00:13:20.460 problem is you can get rid of fathers now because men don't have access to their kids i want 10 1.00
00:13:26.680 videos about family court from you ben that's what i want and calling out these crazy women 1.00
00:13:32.580 after all there are social services i just i want to barf i can't even listen to this for that
00:13:36.660 it's not true and what we've been watching in western society is a lack of moral leadership
00:13:41.420 and that lack of moral leadership does stem from a lack of true manhood and that lack of true
00:13:45.920 manhood stems from a lack of people filling the role of father and okay no a lack of mothers 0.97
00:13:52.160 being willing to stay with the fathers and not being narcissistic delusional bitches and a lack 0.96
00:13:58.300 a father is teaching those morals to their kids okay all right well all right ben um nice try i 0.98
00:14:03.700 thought you were gonna i thought this was gonna be a step in the right direction but i stand
00:14:07.900 corrected you're just simping yet again all right um go comment on ben shapiro's video and ask him
00:14:13.100 to stop being a simp um and maybe one day he can do it so like the video subscribe to the channel
00:14:18.180 thank you guys so much for watching i love you and i'll see you next time