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High school boys are trending conservative (thehill.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo to c/politics

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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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[–] Yerbouti@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Funny, people are mostly blaming the left for not adressing young boys mental health, but not the right for manipulating them into becoming sexist and violent.

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[–] LastOneStanding 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is very sad. I was in high school in the 1990s and I was hugely big mouthed left-wing boy with friends who were hugely big mouthed left-wing boys and girls. This in a small town. My graduating class was 100 or so. "most high school seniors claim no political identity" looks promising. They are looking at the landscape and saying "this makes no sense, I'm not signing up for any of this crap." So, you know, perhaps a silver lining?

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[–] Haus@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Zoomer MAGAs with gay friends/relatives feel like a blister just waiting to burst.

[–] zer0@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

stop sending them to school

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

While I was in high school in the US, I wanted to pursue stem for humanitarian purposes and thought I needed more advance classes for that. That was not an idea that supported by the administration or guidance department. The admin was filled with authoritarians and guidance filled with "Cs get degrees" types. Teachers could be supportive, but they're ability to help was limited.

The athletes? Yeah, the got all the support they wanted.

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