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Is ‘hetero-pessimism’ a problem on the internet?

You don’t have to search too hard on the internet to find people complaining about useless men,...

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14.38 1 Apr 2025


Is ‘hetero-pessimism’ a problem on the internet?


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14.38 1 Apr 2025


You don’t have to search too hard on the internet to find people complaining about useless men, but then again you don’t have to search too hard to find people complaining about anything on the internet!

So, should we be concerned about a rise in hetero-pessimism among young women on social media?

Rachel Connolly is author of the novel ‘Lazy City’ and she has been writing about this in The Guardian. She joins Seán to discuss.


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