Scott Galloway on how to help young males ditch ‘parasites trolling off despair and anger’
Scott Galloway’s new book “Notes on Being a Man” has critics seething.
He’s a “gender essentialist” and a “women-are-here-for-men’s-pleasure misogynist in polite disguise.” While, according to journalist Taylor Lorenz, “Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist” who pushes a “toxic worldview.”
What has invited this woke pile-on? Simply advising on how to be better men, better citizens, better mates, and better fathers.
That young men are falling behind their female peers in their education, careers, and social lives is no longer up for debate. Why, then, is a successful older man reaching down with advice so offensive?
Love him or hate him, it’s a relief that Galloway, 61, is rising in the ranks of young male punditry. If we shame productive, moderate voices, we risk leaving the door open to toxic influencers leading insecure young men towards victimhood instead of empowerment.
“What I’m trying to do here is give a population that’s struggling an aspirational framework,” Galloway, a self-made entrepreneur, NYU Stern professor, and podcaster, told The Post.
“Everybody needs a code. Some people get it from religion, from family, from the military, from the workplace, but I would say there are a lot of young men right now who are codeless.”
Galloway provides them straightforward, fatherly advice.
“Don’t follow your passion professionally. Find out what you’re good at — and follow your talent. The rewards and recognition that stem from being great at something will make you passionate about that something,” according to one “note on being a man,” which are........
