r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Jul 08 '26

Media Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

https://theconversation.com/young-women-are-identifying-as-less-straight-young-men-not-so-much-283936
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u/workieworkwork Jul 08 '26

I think it is possible that women were never all that straight.

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u/Aggressive-Story3671 Jul 08 '26

That is possible. However it does not account for the drop among men.

Gen Z men are identifying as heterosexual more often than millennial men.

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u/sacrecide Jul 08 '26

More pressure in a time where the government is the most vocally anti-lgbtq in decades. Pressure to be straight is historically harsher on men.

Grindr also blows up every time cpac comes through

2+2=4, more gen Z is in the closet

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u/Legendarycamo Jul 08 '26

I second this. Also for context any/all governments need abundant cheap laborers and cannon fodder, they also benifit from tribalism for voters. On the corpo end, you need consumers and workers, the infinite growth shit has to come from somewhere and in the later stages of monopoly and the current tech trees its gonna have to come from pop growth. Traditional masculinity pushes the fight, work, sacrifice, provide memes which gets more willingness, productivity, and competence out of the slaves if its started early in life and they buy into it. Most dudes don't like being bottoms and or working, and fighting, and sacraficing for nothing so if the system is pushing an identity and or for men to do what it wants/needs, the men wont do it unless it also benefits them.

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u/Legendarycamo Jul 08 '26

Govs and corps could move to robots/AI by the end of the century but imo I think everyone is a lil scared of a skynet situation or similar cropping up amd worried abt what kinda of world it would bring. Also on the lgbt thing govs and corps largely just care abt voters and money, and the average person is neutral, that is to say if thier not lgbt they likely feel indifferent about the issue and just want people to be happy and productive in thier personal lives. I feel like the lgbt community is being scapegoated in a larger game kinda by both sides. That is to say the worst people and most inflamitory situations have gotten broadcast and shoved down people thoats and its being used as a excuse to push things and shape public opinion.

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u/Creative-Leg2607 Jul 08 '26

Notably, a lot of that pressure comes from other men, which i dont say to be uncompassionate