The Internet Is Making Men & Women Hate Each Other - Daniel Cox
Chris Williamson talks with researcher Daniel Cox about why young men and women increasingly distrust each other. Cox blames algorithms, overinvested parenting, online dating, the loss of shared social spaces and a growing political gender gap.
The gist
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Cox says algorithms sort people by gender early and feed them the worst of the other sex, skewing what each expects from relationships.
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In Cox's focus groups, every hand went up when asked if parents discussed financial stability and education, but none for marriage or parenthood.
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His surveys find almost no one gives a bad first date from an app a second chance, but people are more forgiving with mutual-friend matches.
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Cox calls monk mode the opposite of what men need, and plays Stick Fight with his sons while warning gaming has become solitary.
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Cox's fix is more face-to-face talk, but he says the share of people with a third space fell about 20 points after the pandemic.
"We limit them, but we're playing Stick Fight... little stick person and you could like guns and swords... You should look into this. It is incredibly fun and you can do four players."
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