You can’t talk about this issue w/out recognizing that the algorithms on social media, YouTube, etc, whether they’re into Roblox or wrestling or manga or whatever, pushes misogyny and, yes, racism pretty quickly. Look at what teen and tween boys have been seeing for the past 10 years or so.

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“Male loneliness” is quickly becoming to 2024 what “economic anxiety” was in 2016: a euphemism meant to disguise a dominant group’s turn to Trump out of status and identity grievance as a kind of reaction to their supposed victimization. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/u...

The Evidence for a Big Youth Gender Gap and a Right Turn for Young Men

Young men are much more Republican than young women, the best data suggests, and may wind up backing Donald Trump.