Members of Generation Z are sharing their experiences with growing rejection across relationships, education, and careers, leading to rising anxiety and isolation.
In a recent Business Insider article, author Delia Cai profiled a Gen Z adult named Em who recounted hundreds of rejections they have faced regarding important life stages. Em described the difficulty dealing with these rejections while living with a loved one on just a few hundred dollars each month from contract work, feeling like life was "not worth living at the moment."
Cai rejected the idea that a “sense of entitlement” among Gen Z is not the issue but rather the generation’s “expectation of agency in an increasingly mediated world."
"From education to careers to romance, never before have young adults had this much access to prospective yeses. And, in turn, never before have young adults been told no so frequently," Cai wrote.
