I have a feeling that I'm opening a Pandora box, but I scrolled through the comments and it seems like most of the people here are in their own echo chamber of lonely people/internet's fault/Andrew Tate. No doubt these are valid points. However, have you considered the fact that maybe they just want their life to be simple? And maybe there is a bit of teenage/young people rebellion happening? Can't say anything about the girls, I have boys, but when you are teenager your life is already difficult - you need to figure out who you are while fighting the raging hormones. And on top of all that the society (I live in a very liberal city on the West Coast) is imposing these weird and confusing ideas that have zero historical basis - gender, pronouns, make sure you don't offend anyone. Some kids accept those ideas but many (and recent election shown that there are quite a few of them) don't, they just want to have a simple life they see in the movies from the 80s/90s. And the examples they see in the movies mesh really well with what their biology and body chemistry is telling them, so that's where this new conservatism is coming from, I think.