Why Gen Z Is Opting Out of Dating and Romance
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March 3, 2026
Gen Z's dating drought isn't about indifference to romance so much as a retreat from it, argues Christine Emba in a New York Times opinion piece on the rise of "looksmaxxing." She traces how a new cohort of mostly young men, steeped in online "manosphere" culture, have turned self-optimization into...
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