ANGRY YOUNG WOMEN by @emilylawford and @Scarlett_Mag It was a Wednesday night and seven members of the University of Leeds' feminist society had invited me to join their book swap. I asked how they felt about the young men they knew. "I don't care for them," said a girl called Ruby imperiously. "They're not bad people, but they refuse to call out their friends who make other girls uncomfortable. They'll laugh at jokes that are sexist, racist, homophobic, they don't care about political issues... I don't think they like women a lot." If a man is attracted to you, she said, he might talk about things like toxic misogyny. If he doesn't fancy you, he won't bother. "I feel like a lot of it is quite sexually motivated with men." I asked if they'd consider dating a man with different political views. They all immediately said no. "I don't think I'd even be friends with nne " caid nne dirl "Thev dan't ceAvall as
They weren't excited about their futures. They didn't like the men they knew, or the idea of those they didn't. Men were just a threat who had the potential to harm or trap them. This will almost certainly make relationships harder: fewer than half of young women feel men understand them. Young women are much less likely than men to date people who disagree with their politics. People will get lonelier, and angrier. Young women are twice as likely to not want children as young men. And it's getting worse. Women under 25 are most likely to believe things are "stacked against me, no matter how hard I try". A significant majority of young women feel isolated from the rest of the country. The two main political parties aren't reaching out to them specifically. Many women told me they teared a Retorn government pressuring them to have babies. (Highlighted text) Many say they will vote for the Greens in the upcoming local elections, (highlight ends) but few seem to believe that will make a difference. They don't feel represented by mainstream politics, and they don't think anyone cares.
Yeah, I think I’ll wait until I hear a lot more about this before I start worrying about it. In particular, I’ll wait to see whether it’s the bit highlighted in the second photo that is the actually concerning part.
