Characteristics Of Guyland

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According to Kimmel, Guyland is a different world where young men live. It is not a way of life, but simply just a stage. It only occurs for a certain period of time, between adolescence and adulthood. It is a place where guys can go to connect with other guys unbothered by their parents, jobs, kids, girlfriends, and other external factors. Kimmel labels it the "Peter-pan mindset" because the guys involved seemingly have their mind set on boyhood with the struggle of acting like a man. Five characteristics that can be attributed to "guyland" are: people from the ages of sixteen through 20, they often times stop talking to their parents whom they believe "just don't get it", middle-class kids, college bound or in college, they live with other

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