Ritual Deficit Drives Male Drift

The author ties male formlessness to the disappearance of communal rites—danger, shame, victory, and 'keeping score' together—arguing that sports are a thin remnant without elders and organic community. Algorithmic micro‑clips and parasocial figures can’t substitute for shared trials that confer status and adulthood. — If a lack of real rites, not just economics, underlies male stagnation, policy should target institutions that stage structured challenge (teams, service, apprenticeships) rather than only rhetoric about norms.