Virtual outsiders: Concern for generation of boys isolated in online world of social media and porn

Under pressure to man up, young males are feeling increasingly isolated and resorting to online porn, says Áilín Quinlan.

OUR young men are in crisis.

Isolated by porn and social media, unable to express their feelings in a culture of ‘put up and man up’, some are resorting to self-harm or even suicide in a desperate bid to escape their inner turmoil.