Valuetainment - March 13, 2026


“Men Need To Level Up” - Scott Galloway EXPOSES The Dating Crisis Destroying A Generation Of Men


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10 minutes

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1,949

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110

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22

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In this episode, we discuss the impact of women in the workplace on birth rates and how it affects the likelihood of having children. We also discuss the pros and cons of gender roles and how they impact women s ability to have children.

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00:00:30.000 Let me ask you a different question.
00:00:31.240 I saw a stat the other day about birth rate.
00:00:33.980 We used to be at 3.57 birth rate in 1950.
00:00:38.200 We're now at 1.58.
00:00:40.520 And as we got deeper into it, three times in the history of America,
00:00:43.800 we went on a run of making 4 million babies a year.
00:00:46.820 One time it was five years.
00:00:48.420 Another time it was seven years.
00:00:49.620 Another time it was 11 years that we made 4 million babies every single year.
00:00:52.940 And I think the biggest year ever was 4.3 million.
00:00:55.380 And one of the stats that came up, and I'm curious what you think about this,
00:00:58.280 is in 1950 where the birth rate was a higher birth rate workforce women in workforce was 0.99
00:01:07.400 35 percent today it's 70 percent how much of an impact do you think that has made
00:01:14.680 in raising kids of women now competing with men saying i don't know if i need you i can go make
00:01:20.980 my own money i don't need you you know i can make my own money i'm an independent woman there's no
00:01:25.120 need for me to have a kid i don't need to go out there and make kids you know women in 50s used to 1.00
00:01:29.240 have kids at 20 years old now it's 28 30 years old how much you think it's getting women into 0.99
00:01:35.040 the workforce that impacted what we have today oh it's complex so first off i don't think there's
00:01:42.960 any doubt that if women are in the workforce and and it's more difficult to or they're not as 0.98
00:01:52.420 focused or their quote unquote purpose, they find purpose somewhere else other than having children
00:01:57.120 is going to result in lower birth rates. But I also don't think that's necessarily
00:02:01.760 a bad thing. And I think corporations, the reality is men and women have largely
00:02:08.860 equalized their income. Women and men under the age of 30 in urban areas make about the same
00:02:14.880 money now. Where you do see some impairment professionally is when women decide to have 1.00
00:02:19.420 children. Now, the issue is, has women's ascent professionally resulted in lower birth rates?
00:02:27.200 And I think the answer would be yes. But I think some of that is a good thing in the sense that
00:02:32.940 women have leveled up economically and are no longer as dependent upon a man for their economic
00:02:37.660 independence. And so they are demanding more from men. And they're demanding more, quite frankly,
00:02:45.120 really fewer women just feel trapped. Divorce rates have gone up, one, because I think my 0.99
00:02:49.560 generation is more selfish and doesn't see marriage as a commitment, but an enhancement 0.98
00:02:53.040 to their life. But also women have more economic freedom. And I do think that you asked before
00:03:00.180 how much of it is men's problems with society versus their own problems or their own issues.
00:03:05.440 I do think men need to level up. I hate, so just to your question, there's no doubt about it.
00:03:12.140 women's entry into the workforce and their economic independence has resulted in lower 0.98
00:03:16.360 birth rates. But I think some of that is a positive. I think that women deciding that they
00:03:22.380 have other options than just being tied to somebody and necessarily, you know, I think
00:03:30.380 women having more freedom around the choices they make is good and that it's incumbent upon men. No 1.00
00:03:36.240 one has the right to reproduce. Only 40% of men have reproduced throughout history. So if women 1.00
00:03:41.640 have more economic independence and don't feel the same obligation to reproduce, I think that's
00:03:47.420 probably a good thing, and it should be a motivator for young men to level up. There's a cartoon,
00:03:52.540 and this is where I sort of, I think, I disagree with some of Charlie Kirk's philosophies,
00:03:59.700 and that is, there's this cartoon of a woman in her 30s who never found romantic love. She
00:04:04.020 pursued a career, and now she's alone and depressed. Okay, there's probably some examples
00:04:09.280 of that. A woman said, I was totally focused on my career. I didn't spend enough time trying to
00:04:12.240 find a mate, and I missed out on a family, and I'm really bummed out about it. Let's just be
00:04:16.280 honest. I think that happens. At the same time, when women don't have a relationship, 1.00
00:04:23.040 a romantic relationship, they tend to pour that additional relationship energy into their work
00:04:27.460 and into their friend network. When a dude doesn't have a relationship,
00:04:34.300 he oftentimes pours that energy into video games, conspiracy theory, and porn.
00:04:39.280 it ends up that men need relationships more than women. 0.55
00:04:43.960 Widows are happier after their husband dies. 0.98
00:04:47.600 Widowers are less happy.
00:04:48.780 A woman in a relationship does live longer. 0.93
00:04:50.600 She lives two years longer.
00:04:51.980 But a man in a relationship lives four to seven years longer.
00:04:55.100 It ends up that men need relationships more than women. 0.83
00:04:59.220 And something I've said that upsets people on the left,
00:05:02.060 and what I tell my boys,
00:05:04.160 I think men should pay for everything in the company of women. 1.00
00:05:06.960 and people say my dad's like my dad my 18 was like dad that's so boomer i'm like look
00:05:11.780 a woman's fertility window is shorter men benefit more from relationships than
00:05:18.040 than women the downside of sex is greater for her than it is for you and if you're on a date 1.00
00:05:23.340 you're in the back of your mind hoping maybe at some point you'll have sex so the asymmetry in
00:05:28.540 risk value of the relationship her fertility window means that there's asymmetry and every 1.00
00:05:35.760 mammal has a courtship process. And when you're dating, you're courting and you want to demonstrate
00:05:40.980 valor. And one way you demonstrate valor and recognize the asymmetry is that you pay for
00:05:46.080 everything. And if you can't pay for everything, you don't go out and you don't go on the date.
00:05:50.100 And I've gotten pushback from the left. That's so boomer. And I've just said to my son when he
00:05:54.620 says, dad, that's not true. I'm like, just keep in mind, any woman you split the check with is 1.00
00:05:58.840 never going to kiss you. Let me just say that. That's just real. So while I do agree that
00:06:05.260 In the U.S., if you look at us demographically, we're actually not as screwed as many other nations because of immigrants and because there are certain populations that are having kids. 0.99
00:06:14.600 We demographically look challenged but not – in South Korea, it's like one out of 17 people are going to have a grandkid.
00:06:23.280 There are some places that are really demographically –
00:06:25.060 Sexless society.
00:06:25.600 Yeah, we keep hearing about the whole sexless society concept.
00:06:27.860 So I think the notion that women going into the workplace has resulted in a lot of unhappy women 1.00
00:06:35.500 and a decline in birth rates, there's a kernel of truth there. But I also think women getting 0.89
00:06:40.240 economic independence has for the most part been a good thing for them. As somebody who came from
00:06:46.360 a family where my mom not being economically independent, but being independent, in other 0.89
00:06:51.600 words, we didn't have anyone else to rely on, was a huge source of stress. So I would never tell
00:06:57.420 a woman discourage women for pursuing economic independence for me the big message is that as
00:07:03.920 women ascend it's a challenge to men to level up and the movement i hate and i'd love to put this 1.00
00:07:10.260 back to you patrick i hate the incel movement and that is there's a group there's this movement that 0.59
00:07:16.840 says okay women aren't interested men 80 of women want 20 of the men i give up and it's like a badge
00:07:24.060 of honor to say I'm involuntarily celibate. Well, okay. I was involuntarily celibate the
00:07:28.620 first 19 years of my life. I wanted to be un-celibate in high school, but no one would
00:07:35.940 participate in my plan. And 99% of men for 99% of history have been involuntarily celibate.
00:07:43.200 There are a few men who wouldn't rather be having sex right now than whatever it is they're doing.
00:07:46.800 They have issues, but I get it.
00:07:48.800 Right, something. So I leveled up. I started working out. I took Accutane. I went to UCLA. I made friends with girls such that I could learn what women wanted. They could introduce me to their friends. And what I coach a lot of young men, I have something called the rule of threes. And that is if you work out three plus times a week, if you work at least 30 hours a week outside of the house, and at least three times a month, you're in the company of others in the agency of something bigger than you, whether it's church, temple,
00:08:18.800 a non-profit a sports league you are immediately in the top five percent of men what does that
00:08:25.000 mean if you are in the top five percent of young men for long enough you are going to be voluntarily
00:08:29.520 incelibate which is awesome so what i would argue is that the vast majority of men who claim they're
00:08:35.160 incels aren't incels they're v-cells they're voluntarily celibate and that is it is up to
00:08:41.720 them to level up so while i think there's a lot of obstacles facing men they have more agency
00:08:47.860 than the majority of men throughout history. Only 40% of men have reproduced. In America,
00:08:52.660 it's now 75%. So you have more agency than most men throughout history. So for most men claiming
00:08:58.980 to be incels, it's like, boss, this is on you. We've all had to level up. And you probably have
00:09:04.520 to level up more now because women are kind of doing it for themselves now, and that's a wonderful
00:09:09.680 thing. But level up, and you will be voluntarily incelibate. Now, I agree. And I think also there's
00:09:17.620 the other, the Playboy model, which is like, look, go, get what you can, smash them, run, 0.98
00:09:25.440 you know, never get married. If you're going to have kids, have a structure in place that you
00:09:30.100 can have kids with a bunch of different women. There's also that messaging that's very strong
00:09:34.320 today, that the woman, all they want is money. And if they, they'll leave you for a guy with 1.00
00:09:38.900 more money, with better looks, with better this. So screw women. All you want to do is just take 1.00
00:09:43.720 advantage of them. There's that as well. That's becoming very attractive. I think both of those
00:09:47.520 arguments the one on the far left which is hey feminism you know equal power we're the same 1.00
00:09:53.400 that's a lie and on this side you know hey you know just screw everybody you know the women all 1.00
00:09:58.640 they want to do is take advantage of that's also a lie you know um you know i like the rules of
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