Teenage culture reset

Excellent piece in yesreday's Times by Sue Palmer, from her book 21st Century boys. She argues that the natural behaviour of teenage boys is being blocked, with no acceptable outlet thanks to impacts of feminism and marketing. I would add liberalism to her list. Western society is now one where only feminine behaviour is accepted without question, and almost every aspect of masculinity is condemned. Teenage boys are essentially blocked by social attitudes from contact with adult men and have no means of learning by example from good male role models.

It is hard to disagree with her argument, whihc seems true in my experience. However, going further, teenagers are suffering as a whole, and I wonder if current teen culture is imploding. Teens seem much more unhappy than previously, and are more at odds with adults than previously. Vaccuums are hard to maintain, and at some point this one will collapse with a re-discovery by a new generation of teens of a lost land where they could be both happy and part of society. I am not brave enough to speculate what this reinvented teen culture will look like, but I am certain that the time is right, and a phase change in teen culture will happen soon.