Society/Culture Why are young males now more right wing then older males?

[dorianyates]

Nothing to do with high rates of divorce where many boys no longer have a meaningful relationship with their father?

Nothing to do with the decline of male teachers who were also often role models?

Nothing to do with classes in English for example teaching themes that are of no interest or worse at odds with the interests and views of boys?

Nothing to do with female teachers not understanding that boys naturally develop and learn in different ways and at different rates and have different interests, goals and objectives and behave differently to girls?

Nothing to do with boys high school academic performance significantly lower than that of girls?

Nothing to do with boys far less likely to gain a tertiary place and then to finish?

The challenges for boys were identified years ago. The outcomes were also predicted years ago. Blaming it on toxic social media influencers is just a simple way of deflecting from the more confronting and challenging causes.

Your point on English teachers in high school is spot on. Literature at Uni was a joy with mostly male professors. At high school I only had female teachers and they made it a bit of a bore. More men need to teach English at high school.
I am in no way a Trump supporter

 

[dorianyates]

If young white males look up to Donald Trump as an example of what a man or masculinity should be we are in trouble.
I cannot understand how females or immigrants over there could vote for him either.

 

[Carringbush2010]

Who is telling you all of this? Like really... who?

msm and social media, not Jan and Joe public.

 

[liz]

News sites like Murdoch press like to play up the woke stuff as being more prevalent and extreme than the reality. It gets clicks and views.

I avoid the Murdoch press so I have to take you at your word. I don’t doubt it’s true, now that you’ve pointed it out.

Maybe it explains why the anti-woke seem far more obsessed with it than those they think are woke. To me, being what is now labelled woke is just treating everyone with respect, and acknowledging difference, and making room in the world for everyone to be who they are (so long as being who they are doesn’t involve demonising others).

For me it’s not an obsession. It shouldn’t be a “war”. It’s just a given.

 

[RedStarUncle]

msm and social media, not Jan and Joe public.

Even then... mainstream and social media aren't forcing the "woke agenda" down anyone's throat... they're mostly just telling you how horrible it is that the "woke agenda" is being forced down everyone's throat. No-one is actually doing it... but any even vaguely progressive comment or idea is being associated with a non-existent movement to scare the average punter further to the right.

 

[Carringbush2010]

Even then... mainstream and social media aren't forcing the "woke agenda" down anyone's throat... they're mostly just telling you how horrible it is that the "woke agenda" is being forced down everyone's throat. No-one is actually doing it... but any even vaguely progressive comment or idea is being associated with a non-existent movement to scare the average punter further to the right.

And it's not just the pc boogeyman they're pushing, whatever clickbait there is they'll hyperbolise it and push it.

For example, the counterprotests from right wing minority groups (read nazi sympathizers) at extinction group rallies. It's been reported that they rec'd soft treatment from the police. I don't know how true that is, but just reporting the supposed leniency is gonna make news and will rile up other community members.

No, no one is 'forcing' anything, but it's not the point is it, the point is msm reports something in a sensationalized manner and then people run with it on social media and makes it worse, young man and not just young man, naive person looking for something to blame or belong to gobbles it up.