So a couple of thoughts this morning, just about the deleterious or negative effects of

single motherhood on young male development.

And I say this, of course, with, of course, some real sympathy towards some single mothers

who were raised themselves in bad situations or circumstances

could be runaway.

So, you know, certainly at the edges, there are cases where we can have some real sympathy,

but whether we have sympathy or not doesn't really change the dynamics as a whole.

For men, for boys, for males, let's say, right, being subjected to the rule of a woman you don't respect is exceedingly dangerous for long-term reproductive success.

It's not so much whether there's a sort of psychological issue, I mean, there are certainly those,

but the real question to me is whether there's a genetic revolt. So genetic revolts are almost, I wouldn't say

almost, they are to a large degree for a lot of people almost beyond the realm of free will.

And of course, I say this advisedly, I'm not saying there's no free will. I'm just saying

that for less intelligent people in particular, or less self-aware people or less self-curious people,

less analytical people, a genetic revolt is hard to counter with anything other than like pure rational philosophy.

There's an old saying from Pascal, the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

And I would also say that regarding a genetic revolt, it is very hard.

Pure philosophy can do it, but almost nothing else can,

and we are not exactly in a society that champions pure rational philosophy.

So what do I mean by a genetic revolt?

Well, there's a study that I cited many years ago in

my presentation, the case against spanking, where 100% of boys with a certain gene who were

physically abused became criminals. So that's not to say that they couldn't perhaps be talked out

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