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This is not my personal opinion, I know Gen Z men who voted for Harris. But the voter demographics really speak for themselves, and maybe now people will look at the radicalization of young men as a serious (but solvable) issue.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because they have a bunch of dumb opinions no one tried to address - feminists are trying to destroy video games. Women won't date short men. Liberals are stealing girls breasts and making them trans too easily. Or giving them tattoos and making them fat. One or two chads every generation are getting all the sex, leaving them as lonely incels. Dating apps don't work anymore. They feel insecure about masculinity.

They blame women for all this, so they're not going to vote for one. Especially if no one's listening or appealing to them except the orange raisin and his American exceptionalism and edgy humor.

Get someone who appeals to them if you want thier vote, don't just sit around calling them fascist idiots, and laughing at them for being incels or Jordan Peterson fans. They need fathers and role models who actually give them structure, meaning, purpose, closure.

...someone who appeals to them. Someone who joins their story, and makes it feel coherent with their America.

[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (21 children)

I was actually wondering how the gender gap changed in this election, and it wasn't at all what I was expecting:

According to exit polls by CNN Trump gained +2% of the male vote, and +5% of the female vote compared to 2020 - though women were still more likely to support Harris, of course.

An analysis by the AP found similar results, with the support from men under 45 increasing +7%, and women under 45 +6%, while for older men it decreased -1%, and for older women stayed the same.

Surprisingly, Trump's support among racial minority groups increased while white and older Americans increased support for Harris.

After thorough analysis and much thought I have ultimately concluded that I have absolutely no fucking clue what is going on with American politics.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep, Trump's popularity went down with white voters (albeit only 2-4 points depending on male or female) but gained ground in Latino and "other unidentified" minorities. He also actually lost older voters too.

But I think the biggest surprise for me is that Trump gained more of the new voters than Harris. And while I don't have a gender breakdown from that, I wonder if a lot of those were males.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Apparently the Incels outnumbered the Beehive and Swifties put together!

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Women asked for some basic goddamn respect and when they got “uppity”(because us men weren’t listening) they really got a “you were mean to me so I’m gunna elect Hitler again”. Millions of people alive today want women strip women of the rights they fought for and women are supposed to be polite about it?!

It’s crazy how weak they are and I’m sad sharing a gender with them.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Man. I get being disappointed. I really do get it.

But tarring all these guys with "hitler youth" when just like every other group, at worst it's a 45-55% split... Come on. That's a hell of an insult to throw towards people, many of whom are doing their best and didn't vote Trump. Doing your best, doing everything that you can do, and still being met with scorn... I know how bad that hurts. I know how it sucks the will right out of you. I know it drives people away. And even if it doesn't drive them to Trump because they're good people, it sure isn't going to drive them towards finding a solution.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

You know the innocent but in context messed up movie I watched right before this election because of a song? The Sound of Music. Know the young girls "love interest?" Goes full Nazi by the halfway point.

That's your Gen Z men looking to fit in a new Nazi order.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Because the Republicans succeeded at fully killing education. It's dead.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You would be too if you were raised by the YouTube algorithm

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Hey I was raised exclusively by the YouTube algorithm, and I came away from it with a deep appreciation for animation, an incredibly stupid sense of humor, and a sexuality on the spectrum of "Yes, please." It can't be the only reason!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Accidentally checked out /r/GenZ today. Yikes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Yeah well if you ignore and ridicule young men asking for help this is what you get

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Ashamed of my fellow young men.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am Gen Z male and please do not let my blond hair, blue eyes, and German lineage deceive you. I’m as appalled as one can be with all of this. I never connected with my boomer dad or my millennial elder brothers over machismo or sports nor did I ever pick up TikTok and my social media consumption elsewhere was limited or gated by my own doing. From my experience, the pressure to conform to masculinity and male dominated in-groups; the perceived onus to keep males in power and powerful; and the propagandists’ weaponization of media such as TikTok, Facebook, podcasts, and Fox News and their ilk on TV and radio are the main depreciators of character in these cases.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't apologize for the way you look. You didn't choose that.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I only mentioned those characteristics because of the Hitler Youth descriptor used in the screenshot and I wanted to underscore that there are strangers who don’t want to be seen as the enemy but the enemy has co-opted their innate look. I know not to judge a person’s character by their appearance and I hope those on this side of the situation all know that as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I hope so too!

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