• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Maybe edginess? I feel like the majority of the male youth has to rebell against what their parents did and so it flip flops back and forth.

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      That and the crisis of masculinity in a machismo culture which is being actively used against them by idiots everywhere.

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        Yea - I think folks like Jordan Peterson (apologies from Canada) and Tate managed to own a lot of headspace in Gen Z when they were teens and in college and we’re only just seeing the fallout of those deeply toxic influences.

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      I do not think it’s exclusive to males. Maybe it’s more common in men, but I have definitely seen women do it as well.