The Kids are Not Alright: A Response to Rod Dreher’s Article Regarding Generation Z Sexuality

The Flaming Eyeball ^ | December 23, 2020 | The Flaming Eyeball

[C19fan]

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about sexual and romantic desire in young adults (birth cohort ~1995-2002, referred to from now on as Zoomers), as Rod Dreher’s article on bisexuality among young women https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/no-families-no-children-no-future-lgbt-30-percent-carle-c-zimmerman/

[C19fan]

Having daughters in this general age cohort I see several factors. The first is all communication among this generation is is messaging. The complete lack of even hearing another persons voice will impair the development of eros. Second it is the horrible curriculum at the schools. I can count on one hand the classics from English Literature they have been exposed. Most of the books are complete modern crap whether it is about some stupid guy going to Alaska or works about racism. My daughter will finally get some exposure to romance when she reads Pride and Prejudice. There is the complete lack of education about the fine arts and classical music and creations that stirs a human's soul.

[C19fan]

I might add from my severely limited knowledge about pop music there appears to be a complete lack of romantic ballads. Hard to developed feelings when listening to rap music that denigrates women. The complete lack of melody in today’s music does not help.

[C19fan]

Merry Christmas.

[AbolishCSEU]

Auto tune should be banned.

[AppyPappy]

They also tend to believe their political opinions are more important than anything including family. That leads to instability which leads to anxiety and all the cool kids are on Xannies. They talk about their mental health like they are a spectator to it. They don’t do bad things. Their brain makes them do bad things.

[Shadow44]

This is what happens when you have the second generation of absent fathers. Even if the father is around he most likely grew up in a divorced household and saw his father on weekends at best. I know because I grew up with them and now I see how they are as parents.

[bk1000]

“... there appears to be a complete lack of romantic ballads.”

What about this year’s chart topper: WAP. It is all about a young girl coming of age and falling in love. At least that’s what I was told.

(this is sarcasm. If you don’t know of the song, you probably should not look it up)

[C19fan]

I heard of the song and why I will not let my ears hear it.

[CodeToad]

Maybe it is that 74% of children are not with their fathers and only hear the constant drone of their mothers.

[Hardastarboard]

WAP is NSFW - You DEFINITELY should not look it up. That song is not so soft porn. Good Lord.

[Cheesehead in Texas]

They talk about their mental health like they are a spectator to it. They don’t do bad things.

My daughter: "Guess what happened to me?" Followed by some ridiculous story (and lies) about some self created disaster.

Me: "That didn't just happen to you. You did that. You chose that. You participated in that. You took actions that created that outcome. Try on some personal responsibility and see if you can get it to fit."

[LS]

I listen to a lot of pop music. I don’t think that’s true. I think, while the production is incredibly limiting-—putting all music into the same production bubble-—the songwriting & performances today are quite good.

Think Lewis Capaldi, for example.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Doesn’t sound so great.

Never mind the music. The people sound like losers. And that’s the point. We’ve devolved into hedonistic losers.

Since I’m very eclectic, I am amazed at how disgusting and immoral so much music is now, not to mention the whole culture. Meanwhile in the ‘50s there was still a lot of decency, never mind the romance that the poster spoke of. Romance, not lust. And most “rock” is about lust, not every-day life (attraction to country originally) or nice clean romance.

[wardaddy]

Young white men are not as driven for girls as we were or even still are frankly

I’m 63

No wolf whistles allowed

Careful flirting or flatttery

Rules abound

I’m around a lot of boys in this age group

Discussion of chicks simply doesn’t permeate the way it did us nor does their music

Is it videos or social media or beaten down by the culture

Or all of it

I’d like to know mean T levels ....I know mine were lower supposedly than boys home from WWII ....but I’m guessing war raises Testosterone ...just a hunch

Not girls are more developed and sexual looking ....girls are heavier and bigger boobs and hips and just more exaggerated female looking than I remember

It’s weird

Girls have gotten I think more sexual and guys less so

I’m speaking of whites

I don’t see the same decline in black males ....

My wife notices the same thing....and the boys I’m around are masculine...I’m not talking soy boy stereotypes

Football players and so forth

Me .....I blame the loud dominant mom so common today more than anything

It’s emasculating but it’s so so common in middle and upper middle class white America

The wife is controlling and bossy as hell and the husband even if he pays the bills sits back....smartly rather stay in turmoil

This generation of women have been trained to hear me rotar....loud and proud

They got the message wrong or wrong message period

Bossy moms damage how sons view women as partners or objects of pursuit

I hear them talk about it....”oh mom will have a fit” “dad says don’t rile mom”

Boys are put off or simply don’t want the trouble maybe....things are just different ...not to my liking but I won’t be here much longer so if younger folks like this less openly pursuit oriented culture then have at it