‘Is the Internet Automating the Battle of the Sexes?'
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Freya India - Dating, Loneliness and Faith in Gen Z Women
1. Is the internet creating a new battle of the sexes?
Watch the following sections of the video:
https://youtu.be/VDsihdJGiq0?si=xh3yHRhkQkvXlV8l&t=4454
**01:14:15 **Is the Internet Teaching Women to Hate Men?
**01:17:40 **How Social Media Is Straining Relationships
**01:23:27 **Are Women Actually Empathetic to Global Conflicts?
- Why do you think internet “wisdom” “advice” and “sharing” is creating distrust between men and women?
- How much of today’s dating morals and norms are influencing this movement?
- Look at the Reddit Relationship Advice Graph (Unable to post here due to Meetup formating, but we'll include it on the paper sheet.) Why do you think so much has changes over the last 15 years? Is it Reddit in general, or does Reddit reflect the changes in people's opinions about relationship values?
2: Freya India’s Book “Girls” - Loneliness, the Internet and Culture
Read the Book Review by Rebecca McLaughlin - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/freya-indias-girls/
As girls spent more time online and less time with friends, they were driven to depression and anxiety. At the same time, they were used to market mental health products. “Opening up about our mental health was not only good for us,” India recalls, “but some sort of moral duty”
Girls shared their struggles to fight stigma and were told to stay online for the solutions. “As my generation opened up, algorithms were advancing, learning about us, logging our vulnerabilities, dragging us deeper into them,” India observes. “We were funneled further into our own insecurities, served more signs, symptoms, advice, and—of course—ads” (62).
- How has being encouraged to share their insecurities online been like “arson” for young women?
- Has social media or the internet accelerated your own anxieties or fears?
- How would society claw its way back from this crisis?
3: Faith and God for Gen Z Women in an Automated Age
Justin Briarly and Freya India
https://youtu.be/3vKFCQfevb4?si=Pa_c-Khke-iOAb7W&t=313
- Do you think Christian Morality would help women who are affected by hookup culture? Why? Why not?
- Is the therapy culture and wellbeing language we see daily a kind of worldview?
- Do you think faith in God is enough to resolve the myriad social and relationship issues between men and women?