Bill Maher encourages young men to drink more and get out of their parents’ basement

Real Time host Bill Maher made the circumstance that young men should drink more during a spirited conversation about rejection friendships and relationships with the bestselling author of Notes on Being a Man a book that sounds the alarm on male loneliness On Friday the late-night host praised author and NYU professor Scott Galloway for calling drinking a lubricant to socializing It s not to excess but yes drinking a little bit maybe sometimes a little too much when you re an adolescent is allegedly better than sitting in that basement Maher agreed Noting that one in five men still live with their parents by age Galloway tore into Big Tech s role in isolating young men particularly from romantic relationships Then he urged them to take risks and endure rejection in the process GAVIN NEWSOM TELLS DEMOCRATS THEY 'WALKED AWAY' FROM MASCULINITY EMERGENCY IMPACTING MEN AND BOYS The only way you ever get to amazing yeses is with a lot of noes the professor added If I could say anything to young men it s that the anxiety and depression you will eventually feel in your basement is far greater than the fear of anything that lays outside of that room for you Galloway warned Get out of the f---ing basement get off your phone He later criticized the worst thing young people are facing NYU PROFESSOR PROPOSES A GREAT NUMBER OF MOTHERS SHIFTED TO GOP IN TO HELP THEIR STRUGGLING SONS The worst thing that s happened to young people is the anti-alcohol movement he charged The danger to your -year-old liver are dwarfed by the danger of social isolation The professor and Maher considered how male loneliness could be contributing to the latest statistic sharpening an already cited rift between men and women On Thursday a Gallup survey disclosed a record number of young women want to leave the U S YOUNG MEN SHIFTING TO POLITICAL RIGHT IS CAUSING WOMEN TO DISTRUST DATING APPS SAYS ATLANTIC WRITERAccording to the survey of women ages to noted they would move abroad permanently if given the opportunity Meanwhile only of their male counterparts explained they would like to leave the U S for good marking what Gallup mentioned was the widest gender gap recorded I thought it was cause of Trump but apparently it s this Maher mused It s true Galloway replied The men aren t approaching them You basically have this lack of mating VOGUE OP-ED STIRS DEBATE AFTER CALLING BOYFRIENDS EMBARRASSING AND SAYING DATING NOW FEELS REPUBLICANMaher reflected on how the risks of rejection have changed since he grew up The number one thing men are afraid of is girls Maher stated It s just there s something about that rejection of going up to somebody like you mentioned cold And you just have to get through that And I feel like we are further from that than ever Contrary to other reports of women still expect men to initiate romantic interactions Galloway posited GEN Z MEN SCARED TO DATE FEAR OF BEING FILMED CREATING COLD WAR OF THE SEXES Yes they do Maher replied As they should The author expressed One of the things we as men really have to train our boys or give them the skill around is one to endure rejection but also to figure out a way to express romantic interest while making that person feel safe Rejection in a platonic or a romantic situation is perfectly acceptable Galloway insisted Guess what he petitioned You re both gonna be fine Take those shots