If you look at self placement as opposed to vote it's a little less dramatic of a spike at 2020 but it's still jarring.
I find this pretty surprising! it isn't obvious why covid would specifically make teenage boys mad about feminism and nothing else.
https://bsky.app/profile/rubenmathisen.bsky.social/post/3lf5fwvc5os2i
I find this pretty surprising! it isn't obvious why covid would specifically make teenage boys mad about feminism and nothing else.
https://bsky.app/profile/rubenmathisen.bsky.social/post/3lf5fwvc5os2i
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Ruben Mathisen
The pattern is the same whether we measure polarization through voting or left-right self-placement. Boys have shifted to the right and girls to the left.
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"Youtube Suggestions lean right so hard it's insane. Oh hey you watched some cosplay tutorial ? Here’s twenty YouTube vids by bearded dudes how feminism and political correctness killed Star Wars."
I wonder if radical resentment increased during Covid in America bc of Floyd backlash