The Peter Pan Syndrome: Why Men Need Purpose

Women know what they have to do. Men have to figure out what they have to do.

And if they have nothing worth living for, then they stay Peter Pan.

And why the hell not? Because the alternative to valued responsibility is impulsive,

low class pleasure. And you saw that in the Pinocchio story, right?

That's Pleasure Island. It's like, well, why lift a load

if there's nothing in it for you? That's another thing that we're doing to men that's a

very bad idea, and to boys. It's like, "You're pathological and oppressive."

It's like, "Fine then, why the hell am I gonna play? If that's the,