"Reading the news in 2025 somehow felt like a greater slog than ever before. If it wasn't news of political strife, it was of the growing unemployment rate. If it wasn't AI lapping up our water supply, it was of the dangers of Diet Coke (God, can't we have anything?). If you weren't reading about the Epstein files or plane crashes, you were hearing about how the state of sex and dating is also an absolute nightmare - for singles and couples alike."
"Single women continued to voice their frustrations about men's seeming disinterest in dating them, like how men still aren't asking them questions on dates. The most popular TikTok trends of the year also weren't particularly favorable to men; this summer, women took to the app to share stories of the diabolic things men have done to them and ask questions like, "Do men ever change?" In 2024, it seemed single women were exhausted by the rigmarole of dating culture. In 2025, it became quite clear: women are straight-up over dating men."
News in 2025 felt unusually heavy, with political strife, unemployment, AI concerns, and scandals crowding public attention while dating and sex emerged as major cultural stressors. Single women reported frustration with men's disinterest on dates and lamented outdated dating behaviors. Viral social-media trends amplified accounts of harmful male conduct and deepened fatigue with dating culture, leading many women to declare they were done with dating men. Midlife women increasingly 'quietly quit' their marriages, often remaining in disaffected partnerships rather than pursuing divorce. Social norms around showcasing relationships shifted, with coupled women favoring low-key or 'soft launch' displays over overt public promotion.
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