For about the past ten years, the left has been running the same tired little hustle on repeat: men are toxic, masculinity is dangerous, boys are broken, and women are the noble, enlightened victims forced to endure all of it. Every cultural message they pump out points in the same exact direction. Blame men, lecture them, and shame them. Make sure they know they’re the problem, then act shocked when they stop showing up.
And now, are we supposed to be surprised that young Gen Z men are looking elsewhere?
It turns out the modern “girl power” movement isn’t fun, uplifting, flirty, or even all that confident. It’s angry, bitter, and joyless. And to make matters worse, it’s built around envy, nagging, emotional manipulation, and punishment. It keeps insisting men and women are the same in every way, even though they obviously aren’t, and there is nothing wrong with saying that. Men and women are different. Period. They want different things and bring different energy. Period.
And now a new report is showing the obvious outcome of this hateful campaign: Gen Z men are tired of being treated like garbage by their female peers, and many are turning toward older women instead. Why? Because older women are less performative, hostile, and less soaked in online feminist poison. Older women tend to be more open to actual warmth, kindness, and connection. In other words, young men are going where the anger isn’t boiling over.
There’s been this picture painted by the left that boys are spiraling, while girls are supposedly thriving. But the truth is, the opposite is happening, and the emotional rot is oozing out of the female side.
The Telegraph:
If you’ve been on the internet in the last decade, you’ll have heard that, as an archetypal New York Times opinion headline put it: “The boys are not alright”.
According to countless think pieces and Netflix dramas, most young men are spending their days indulging in violence and writing in online chatrooms about how much they hate women.
In 2018, the word “incel” was a finalist for Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year. In 2025, the Dutch Language Institute crowned “manosphere” as the emerging word of the year, in part, they said, because of the popular drama Adolescence about a quiet 13-year-old boy slaying a girl in his class because of something someone said on the internet.But when you look more closely, you’ll realise that, in fact, the boys are doing swimmingly compared to the girls, who have in aggregate become “Angry Young Women”, traipsing around the country in keffiyehs, screaming about formerly trendy Left-wing issues, and how much they hate men.
The sad truth is that a whole lot of young women have turned into miserable little grievance mongers, and somehow that’s supposed to be empowerment. It’s not. It’s actually a social disaster.
The emotional divide between young men and young women is now measurable.
Ask: Psychology of liberal women
AI Overview
Young liberal women in the US currently report significantly lower levels of life satisfaction and mental health, with 29% experiencing frequent loneliness, compared to 11% of conservative women. This trend is linked to lower integration into traditional institutions like marriage and religion, a higher sensitivity to societal inequities, and disproportionate effects of social media.
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Key Psychological & Demographic Factors:
Mental Health Disparities: Young liberal women (specifically Gen Z/Millennial) report higher rates of depression, anxiety, and unhappiness compared to their conservative counterparts.
Institutional Disconnection: Liberal women are less likely to be married or regularly attend religious services, which often act as protective factors for happiness, providing social solidarity and meaning.
Agency and Worldview: Some research suggests liberal women may possess a weaker sense of personal control over their lives, viewing the world as more hostile or oppressive.
Impact of Social Media: Liberal girls are more likely to spend excessive time on social media, exposing them to, or causing them to engage in, disempowering online content.
Political and Social Engagement: While experiencing higher rates of depression, some studies find liberal women are more proactive in taking direct political action against issues like sexism or gender discrimination.
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Potential Drivers of Distress:
Social/Political Factors: Events like the #MeToo movement, political losses, and awareness of systemic issues like climate change or inequality contribute to a sense of pessimism or “despair”.
Individualism vs. Community: A focus on “individual” over “communal” structures (family/community) may lead to increased isolation.
Gender Identity Ideology: A potential conflict between feminist ideals encouraging career-first paths and traditional female roles regarding marriage and family.
Columbia University
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Comparison with Conservative Women:
Happiness Gap: Only 15% of liberal women are “completely satisfied” with their lives, compared to 31% of conservative women.
Support Systems: Conservative women often rely on religious communities for social support.
Family Orientation: Higher marriage rates and family satisfaction provide a protective mental health buffer for conservative women.
American Enterprise Institute – AEI
American Enterprise Institute – AEI
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Show me a young man with an older woman and I’ll show you a happy man!