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Right now there is a loneliness epidemic throughout the world. More and more people aren't entering relationships. Gen Z men are having significant trouble dating while there are some economic factors in the mix. From my own view and experiences combined with what I've read most Gen Z men are lack the social and communication skills to even enter a relationship. This has and in the future will lead to extreme issues. There's already been a marked rise in hostility towards women by young men (think Andrew Tate and his ilk) that's likely born out of this frustration. I would definitely say there's been a rise in gender hostility ever since the pandemic.

Back in the 50s there was arranged marriages. All a person had to do was just show but now that's gone because it was an unequal system and I think society missed its chance to establish something much healthier and better in its wake. Now we have people that are unable to connect with each other. We just toss people blindly into the mess that is human interaction and relationships and no one knows what to do anymore. We could be have the most fulfilling relationships humans have ever had. Think of the amount of people who would of never have entered abusive relationships had there been someone around them that showed them what love exactly is.

The way we teach is so heavily focused on teaching people how to be worker drones that we forget the human part of the person. This is why a lot of people who do extreme well in school and college fare so poorly in relationships and have higher rates of depression. We are the most educated and advanced in human history, we know psychology, we can teach this shit rather than tossing people blindly into the meat grinder.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Schools should formally teach a lot of basic life skills these days like budgeting, manners, cooking, hygiene, sex ed — because a lot of parents aren’t doing this anymore.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They used to teach these things in school. Then the boomers axed home economics programs in schools to save a little bit of tax money at the expense of future generations, as they are wont to do.

[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was it the boomers or anti tax people and pro christians?

[–] Haquer 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Every generation has awful people and awesome people. Proud Boys aren't boomers. The inter generational bs is meant to divide, don't fall for it.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Poor teachers... this is a parents job.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Whom are all working all the time.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Wanna drop the C word but seems people dont like to hear it?