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11. I've seen this in my male students.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:41 PM

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The interesting part is that they seem to be going for very traditional religions:

Eastern Orthodox (Ortho-bros, they're called)
Roman Catholic
Strict Jews (forgive me, I'm not up on the different strands of Judaism, but I have observed more students wearing the kippah daily).

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A Sharp Rise in Young Men's Religiosity [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP

Muscular Christianity ZDU Yesterday #1

Sanctified misogyny Freddie Yesterday #2

Religions that only like white men? Irish_Dem Yesterday #3

Most religions tell men, just by joining, they are instantly better than the other half of the population. Intractable Yesterday #4

Yep BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #7

Who's surprised? It reinforces patriarchy, & men's control over women. CrispyQ Yesterday #5

In search of obedient deferential women not faith to a God. My first thought after some local examples. IA8IT Yesterday #6

Please. A 14% increase in 3 years? maxsolomon Yesterday #8

Not believable JCMach1 Yesterday #10

Churches (usually the far right variety) tell them Bettie Yesterday #9

I've seen this in my male students. Coventina Yesterday #11

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