Scott Galloway, Part 2: Peak Masculinity

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Jan 23, 2026

Scott Galloway, a business professor and cultural commentator, dives deep into contemporary masculinity. He proposes a 'Third Way' that balances traditional views with modern sensibilities, emphasizing kindness as a masculine superpower. Galloway advocates for mandatory national service to foster men's competence and civic responsibility. The conversation explores what women desire, the importance of male role models, and the evolving dating landscape in light of social changes like MeToo. Galloway’s insights challenge stereotypes while urging men to embrace compassion and self-improvement.

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INSIGHT

Public Preferences vs Private Attraction

Scott argues women publicly say they want sensitivity but are often drawn to traditional masculine traits.
He treats masculinity and kindness as distinct and believes authentic kindness is a masculine asset.

ADVICE

Make National Service A Rite Of Passage

Scott recommends mandatory national service or similar programs to expose young people to diverse peers and practical skills.
He suggests non-military options like park work, firefighting, or caring for seniors as effective alternatives.

INSIGHT

Kindness As A Masculine Strength

Scott differentiates kindness from being nice: kindness lacks expectation of reciprocal reward.
He frames kindness as a practiced trait that enhances masculinity without reducing boundaries.

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We return for Part 2 of our Scott Galloway deep dive, where the vibes remain strong, the confidence unwavering, and the relationship with empirical evidence increasingly… decorative.

Returning to our Modern Wisdom safari, we continue navigating the forbidden terrain of men, masculinity, and male suffering: a topic so dangerous that it requires constant ritual disclaimers, whispered caveats, and the occasional nervous glance around the bar to make sure we can take out the other men if necessary.

We cover Scott's outline of his masculine Third Way: rejecting both the Right’s “Bring Back the Fifties” masculinity and the Left’s “Men Are the Problem” framework, in favour of a solution that might be described as Stern Dad Who’s Also Nice About It. Prepare to thrill at proposals of mandatory national service, kindness as a masculine superpower, and the radical idea that young people might benefit from not being economically crushed.

Things get spicier when we’re told what women really want and learn about the adaptive skill check of the female orgasm. Chris Williamson unveils a prepared essay on What Men Want which proves to be a moving piece of therapeutic slam poetry that somehow manages to combine manosphere grievance mongering with woke therapy talk. We learn how what men really just want to be told is “you are enough" and should be kind for kindness sake, but also should optimise their friend group such that they can properly signal their high mate quality and train hard enough to take out all other males in the bar.

Finally, we hit peak Decoding Mode as Scott’s statistics begin to escalate: boys are ten times more likely to kill themselves, father absence turns sons into inmates, daughters into promiscuous approval-seekers, and nearly every claim is delivered with total confidence and minimal concern for effect sizes, confounds, or whether the study actually exists. Decorative scholarship is in full bloom.

We do our best as two hyper-masculine men to separate reasonable concerns about boys, mentorship, and social policy from hyperbolic factoids, pop-psych inflation, and the familiar habit of smuggling moral arguments in under the banner of “what the science says.”

Bring your hunting knife and stoic daily diary. Take your testosterone injection. And get ready for some man talk!

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The Scottish Sun. (2025, February 17). Nearly six pubs closed each week last year with 4,500 jobs lost amid rising costs [News article]. The Scottish Sun. Retrieved from https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/money/14352624/uk-pubs-closed-last-year/
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