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While many believe young people are becoming more liberal, data shows that 12th grade boys are nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative compared to liberal. Around 25% of high school seniors identify as conservative while only 13% identify as liberal. In contrast, the share of 12th grade girls identifying as liberal has risen to 30%. Many factors may contribute to this trend, including the rhetoric of Donald Trump which appealed to disaffected young men, and the focus of progressive movements on issues of gender and racial equality which some young men perceive as a "matriarchy." However, most high school seniors claim no political identity, and many boys in high school do not actively discuss

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This frightening. We are starting to see more boys becoming incels?

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[-] Pokethat@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Makes sense to me. Treat whole groups of people as your enemy and find out that people don't like you very much.

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[-] zer0@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 year ago

stop sending them to school

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

While I was in high school in the US, I wanted to pursue stem for humanitarian purposes and thought I needed more advance classes for that. That was not an idea that supported by the administration or guidance department. The admin was filled with authoritarians and guidance filled with "Cs get degrees" types. Teachers could be supportive, but they're ability to help was limited.

The athletes? Yeah, the got all the support they wanted.

[-] BigTrout75@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I agree with the majority and think both sides suck.

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