A new study from the University of California reveals that the majority of young people aged between 13 and 24 are tired of romance and want to see more asexual characters and platonic bonds in media. The study also highlights the epidemic of loneliness among young people and their yearning for simple human connection.
new US study from the University of California surveying 1,000 young people aged from 10 to 24, says that the majority of those aged between 13 and 24 want to seeAccording to the study, gen Z is also tired of romance. Relentless love narratives. Friends getting together. “The One”. Love triangles. Meet-cutes. The endless cheerleading for coupledom as the zenith of on-screen human achievement.
There’s a sense of youth recalibrating. Traditionally, youth culture ran on sex and romance. Now what? Perhaps gen Z’s well-documented aversion to alcohol plays a part. It got grim out there for past British generations , but alcohol was also a social facilitator; are gen Z’s matcha bubble teas up to the job?
Does all of the above go some way to explaining why gen Z is where it is now? In a state of weaponised celibacy: on screen and off, a yearning for connection resulting in a mass embrace of the “nomance” ethos.
Gen Z Romance Asexual Characters Platonic Bonds Loneliness Youth Culture
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