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Cuffing season is supposed to be a cozy time when Americans pair off, but this year a loud new social-media fad is telling young women to swipe left on romance entirely. Fox News ran a segment on the phenomenon, noting that more women are publicly declaring a dating detox under the hashtag boysober — a decision many hail as self-care and others see as a rebuke of modern courtship.
The phrase itself was popularized on TikTok by comedian Hope Woodard and quickly went viral as Gen Z users posted rules like no dating apps, no dates, no exes, no hookups and, in some cases, no sex. Mainstream outlets from The Guardian to People have traced how the movement grew from one woman’s personal reset into a broader cultural trend.
There’s an understandable frustration driving this: dating apps and hookup culture have left a lot of young people exhausted and cynical about commitment, and many women say they feel safer and saner when they opt out. But what the chorus of approval from coastal media and influencers calls empowerment often looks to conservatives like a loud admission that our cultural experiment in technified romance has failed.
Let’s be blunt — when it becomes fashionable to treat intimate relationships as a disposable lifestyle choice, whole generations risk losing the skills and incentives needed for stable marriage and family life. Vogue and other outlets cheerlead the idea of singleness as a virtue, but we should worry about the long-term rot: fewer marriages, fewer children, and a weaker social fabric that once bound communities together.
Some women who try boysober report real mental-health benefits, less drama, and a chance to refocus on work and friendships, and that’s not nothing. Conservatives should not sneer at genuine personal growth, but we must call out the larger forces pushing people away from lifelong commitment — a media culture that glamorizes transient pleasures and a tech industry that monetizes emotional churn.
Instead of applauding a mass exodus from relationship-building, patriotic voices should promote policies and cultural messages that restore courtship, male responsibility, and the dignity of marriage. That means supporting community institutions, faith-based networks, and family-friendly incentives that make marriage an achievable, honorable goal again — not a relic to be mocked on TikTok.
Americans built a society where commitment and sacrifice created prosperity and stability; letting a viral hashtag become a substitute for those virtues should concern every parent, pastor, and patriot. If young people are choosing to step back, let it be a conscious, temporary regrouping — not the final chapter of a culture that once prized marriage and family above fleeting social trends.
