Yes, some men are. The problem is this collectivised view of men. If some men are in the c-suite, then obviously all men are fine and thriving. It’s the same calibre of argument as saying that because Obama became president, racism throughout America was solved.

There are no scholarships for men. No assistance programs for men. No talk shows devoted to talking about the issues that men face. And this goes double for straight white men. The only place he can hope to find anything like this on the political right. So how is it even remotely surprising that these young men feel more drawn to the right?

If you're a white, teenage boy, today, trying to get into college or applying for a corporate job, you, as an individual, not as a demographic class, are at a disadvantage. Because many of the people around you get extra consideration purely because they're not white men.

And sure, we can all sit here and explain the story of historically disadvantaged groups. But this correction is of absolutely no comfort to him. He didn't disenfranchise anybody, all the decades of privilege he keeps hearing about happened before he was born, and when he talks about this, he gets shouted down as a privileged white male who hates diversity.

So it's not about fear of change, he didn't experience the past to be able to detect a change, he just wants to feel as if he's being given a fair shake, and that his concerns get taken as seriously and listened to as empathetically as everybody else around him. And as this conversation is demonstrating, he doesn't get to feel that.

Porn consumption is an issue, sure but it's nothing to do with the issue I'm pointing to here.