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I asked Mira if she ever felt anxious in social situations. “When there are men,” she said. “Old men. Like Dad’s age and older.” Her parents, who were sitting with me at the dining table, looked surprised. “Why?” I asked. “Because I don’t like men, they’re weird,” she said. “We live in a world of pedophiles and rapists. And I don’t want that.”

“I don’t really like anyone,” Mira told me. “All the guys in my school are, like, either jerks, ugly, or both. There’s not great variety.” I inquired about another sixth grader Mira had mentioned previously, but she waved the idea off. “We’re ninety-five per cent sure he’s gay,” she said. “He’s really zesty.” She and her friends had been joking with him about this, but Mira reassured me, “I’m bi, so it’s O.K.” I asked when she first understood that she was bisexual. “Because men are just annoying,” she said, shrugging. https://web.archive.org/web/20260505153231/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/the-life-and-times-of-an-american-tween

We may be looking at a complete breakdown in gender relations

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