Gen-Z is a weird generation in the scheme of things. We date far less than any previous generation. Something like 50% of men between the ages of 18 and 25 say they've never had sex or been in a relationship before. The rates for workforce participation have also been steadily decreasing every year as young people decide to abandon the workforce and stop looking for work in general. Zoomers are falling behind on every major milestone from getting their drivers license to having their first kiss.
We've also seen a major increase in things like anxiety, PTSD, BPD, Bipolar etc. It's a stereotype that zoomers lack resilience and get burned out easily. Normal things seem to negatively impact them in ways that make life difficult to live.
I'm a zoomer. I know a bunch of zoomers. Many of us are finding ourselves unable to cope with adult life. It impacts both men and women in large numbers.
Hot take: Zoomers aren't just being lazy assholes, they actually have some form of autism. Idk if it's from the vaccines or the food or something else but there's definitely a very different psychological form emerging with each generation that hasn't existed with these numbers in the past. Young people genuinely have a much lower threshold for pain and exhaustion and need a lot of time to recharge after doing anything social or productive. They're afraid of the world and generally feel unequipped. This isn't everyone, but it's a big enough percentage to seriously impact society.
I think they will ultimately have a lot of influence. Society can't function when as much as half of the population isn't cut out for it. We're already seeing institutions change with safe spaces and stuff like that. I think society is slowly adapting to the reality that a huge percentage of our population now has neurodivergent traits. The world will look very different when they outnumber more adaptive types.
I have Gen-Z coworker.
He’s definitely bipolar.
He goes from 0 to 100 and back to 0 in a second.
then acts like nothing happened.
He’s also a Sociopath.
He doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong, has strange inappropriate reactions to good/bad things.
had to ghost him.
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and after ghosting him; he stalks me to this day.
he needs medicine, a clincial psychologist and speech therapist AT LEAST
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But i also have a lot of other Gen-Z coworkers who are “normal” too
10% of the population are Narcissists, and with the advent of lockdowns etc. I believe that has induced more Sociopathy, i.e. the percentage has increased. So, in a work-place with ten people, one of them is going to drive one around the bend, because of their Machiavellian games.
It also depends on the work that the organization is involved with. For example, regulatory work, i.e., cops, building inspectors, dog-contol, city-compliance - that type of thing, attracts people with those tendencies. TBH I don't know how to eliminate sociopaths, they are just a fact of life. For example, one needs to keep an eye on stray dogs and illegal breeders, one needs cops for good work and one needs buidling inspectors to keep an eye on cowboy contractors. But, it takes a special kind of person to wanna be one of those, and self-aggrandizing, brown-nosing, down-ward kicking slime seem to gravitate in that direction.
There will still be a majority of gum-shoes with good intentions. But there it is.