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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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[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Talking about the issues women and girls face is not an attack on men and boys.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Talking exclusively about the issues women and girls face is, though.

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

Why? Following your logic it would also be sexist against women to write an article or start a discussion without addressing women's issues as well. Wouldn't it also be racist and ableist if you don't talk about the issues minorities face? Don't you see how this doesn't make sense?

It's not discrimatory against all other "groups" if you bring up the issues of one group.