Why Men Fail

In the New York Times article titled "Why Men Fail" David Brooks points out many reasons as to why women are advancing in the world at a rapid pace, while men are kind of falling behind.  The world as a whole is constantly changing and making improvements.  Brooks makes the comparison to immigrants who have physically moved to a new country but are keeping their minds in the old one.  It is stated that twelve out of the fifteen fastest growing professions are dominated by women, and that is primarily because they require skills that women are more likely to possess for neurological and cultural reasons.  Being able to sit still and focus at an early age, being emotionally sensitive, and being able to communicate well are a few of the traits listed that are believed to be possessed by more women than men.  It was a bit of a surprise that women are just as interested as men in campus hookup cultures in order to get sex without having to deal with any sort of commitments.  Women are interested in this so that they can have fun but not get distracted from their school or careers.  Brooks makes a good point by saying men still follow the rules of masculinity, while women have abandoned feminist conceptions and started a clean slate.  Women are adapting a lot easier than men in a world that is changing so incredibly fast, and men need to step it if they want to continue to hold any positions of authority over women in the world.