To Gen Z, Emotions Are Kinky

To Generation Z, there may be few things worse than traditional sexual mores. Gallup reported last year that “more than one in five Gen Z adults … identify as LGBTQ+.” While certain respondents identified specifically as lesbian or gay, many of those in the umbrella category had more enigmatic answers. Gallup notes that “respondents who volunteer another identity (e.g., queer; same-gender-loving; pansexual) … are included in the LGBTQ+ estimate.”

Even young people who don’t self-identify as gay or the more encompassing term “queer” are increasingly embracing other ways to define their sexuality and romantic goals. Wanting to be a father or mother, for example, is out. Having a “breeding kink,” however, is in. 

“I was talking to some Gen Z the other day, and she’s like, ‘I have a breeding kink,’” said the singer Grimes in a recent interview with Time. “And I’m like, I think you might just want to get married and have kids. That was normal until pretty recently.”