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This social dynamic also occurred to me. It’s a unique life experience. For men, I think the only comparable experience they used to have in the past was the draft. I’m guessing there’s a subset of teenagers that are helped out by this, namely those who do have a normal level of social skills but find it difficult to socialize voluntarily for whatever reason.
It’s a usual lifestyle change which isn’t exactly voluntary. For the average college-educated man, graduation entails the dissolution of his only existing social circle. If he moves to another place to start working, which is a usual course of events, he’ll soon find himself socializing only with his colleagues and with family members, should the latter even be present at that place. Everything else, he’d have to build up from scratch.
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