The men become helpless and more and more like big kids. Women are not really interested in a man who acts like a big kid. They've lost their manhood and are no longer attractive. Time out with his mates reinforces a man's self-confidence in his masculinity and in his ability to do things differently to women. Professor Karl believes that men now have to examine their role in society after the largely successful emancipation of women.
Many men have no good example to look up to in their immediate environment.
Men often do not have a good relationship with their fathers. This makes contact with more experienced men even more important. Boys spend up to 80 per cent of their time with women and only 20 per cent with males, according to Professor Karl's research. This results in many boys not understanding how they should act as men when they grow up. Their insecurity leads either to excessively macho behaviour or to them becoming totally helpless and allowing the women in their lives to organise everything.