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2025 Trends: Economic Anxiety, Hub-Sons, and AI Sexbots

12/27/2025

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In 2025, economic anxiety and political turmoil overshadowed optimism, according to The Post's Lifestyle team.
The rise of "hub-sons"—young men living at home who do chores for free rent—highlights quirky trends.
Gen Z and millennial women abstained from sex due to dating culture frustrations.
AI sexbots gained popularity and complicated human relationships.
Young New Yorkers emulated celebrity styles, including $1,200 jeans worn by Kendrick Lamar (rapper).

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Story summary

In 2025, economic anxiety and political turmoil overshadowed optimism, according to The Post's Lifestyle team.
The rise of "hub-sons"—young men living at home who do chores for free rent—highlights quirky trends.
Gen Z and millennial women abstained from sex due to dating culture frustrations.
AI sexbots gained popularity and complicated human relationships.
Young New Yorkers emulated celebrity styles, including $1,200 jeans worn by Kendrick Lamar (rapper).