On Friday, the late-night host praised author and NYU professor Scott Galloway for calling drinking a “lubricant” to socializing.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s not to excess, but yes, drinking a little bit \u2013 maybe sometimes a little too much when you\u2019re an adolescent \u2013 is probably better than sitting in that basement,” Maher agreed.<\/p>\n
Noting that one in five men still live with their parents by age 30, Galloway tore into Big Tech\u2019s role<\/a> in isolating young men, particularly from romantic relationships. Then, he urged them to take risks and endure rejection in the process.<\/p>\n GAVIN NEWSOM TELLS DEMOCRATS THEY ‘WALKED AWAY’ FROM MASCULINITY CRISIS IMPACTING MEN AND BOYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Democrats need to reach young men where they are on social media, sports and gaming websites, Progress Action Fund founder Joe Jacobson believes. (Getty\/Istock)<\/p>\n “The only way you ever get to amazing \u2018yeses\u2019 is with a lot of \u2018noes,\u2019” the professor added.<\/p>\n “If I could say anything to young men, it\u2019s that the anxiety and depression<\/a> you will eventually feel in your basement\u2026is 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.”<\/p>\n He later criticized the “worst thing” young people are facing.<\/p>\n NYU PROFESSOR CLAIMS MANY MOTHERS SHIFTED TO GOP IN 2024 TO HELP THEIR STRUGGLING SONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “The worst thing that\u2019s happened to young people is the anti-alcohol movement,” he charged. “The risk to your 25-year-old liver are dwarfed by the risk of social isolation.”<\/p>\n The professor and Maher considered how male loneliness could be contributing to the latest statistic sharpening an already cited rift between men and women.<\/p>\n On Thursday, a Gallup survey reported a record number of young women<\/a> want to leave the U.S.<\/p>\n YOUNG MEN SHIFTING TO POLITICAL RIGHT IS CAUSING WOMEN TO DISTRUST DATING APPS, SAYS ATLANTIC WRITER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n According to the survey, 40% of women ages 15 to 44 said they would move abroad permanently if given the opportunity. Meanwhile, only 19% of their male counterparts said they would like to leave the U.S. for good, marking what Gallup said was the widest gender gap recorded.<\/p>\n “I thought it was \u2018cause of Trump, but apparently it\u2019s this,” Maher mused.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s true,” Galloway replied. “The men aren\u2019t approaching them. You basically have this lack of mating<\/a>.”<\/p>\n VOGUE OP-ED STIRS DEBATE AFTER CALLING BOYFRIENDS \u2018EMBARRASSING\u2019 AND SAYING DATING NOW FEELS REPUBLICAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Maher reflected on how the risks of rejection have changed since he grew up.<\/p>\n “The number one thing men are afraid of is girls,” Maher stated. “It\u2019s just, there\u2019s something about that rejection of going up to somebody\u2014like you said\u2014cold. And you just have to get through that. And I feel like we are further from that than ever.”<\/p>\n Contrary to other reports, 80% of women still expect men to initiate romantic interactions, Galloway posited.<\/p>\n![\"Young](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/young-man-phone.png\")
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