The incomparable study-finder Stephanie H. Murray recently shared this article from The Argument showing that the loneliness crisis is not just middle-aged men as is commonly thought (by me), but actually most pronounced among younger voters, and among them female voters. I strongly recommend reading the entire article. Maybe a survey that looks at more than just voters would reveal a different result, but it is a revealing study, particularly the way social isolation overlaps with low self-worth, anxiety, and inhibition. The COVID-19 Epidemic and the Internet are pointed to as factors contributing to this isolation and anxiety. I would also add that the #MeToo movement (for all the good it did!) likely made some young women afraid of young men and some young men inordinately afraid of crossing a line they couldn’t see.
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