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Flirting is now canceled

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Some nerds in Silicon Valley decided years ago that dating needed to be reshaped so as to remove the risk of rejection. Now, in 2024, a norm is taking root that flirting is a microaggression if not sexual harassment.

As a result, young men, afraid that approaching someone of the opposite sex in real life might count as an “unwanted advance,” no longer talk to young women they find attractive. And when one does, it becomes a matter of public concern.

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