9 Jul 2024

Why do men think it's masculine to sit in silence on long-haul flights?

From Nights, 10:50 pm on 9 July 2024

It's time to talk about a new trend that has jumped the gated walls of social media and is now making waves in the mainstream conversation.

Tonight we're going to look at the rise in the number of men - it's almost exclusively men - spending the entirety of a long-haul flight not using any entertainment or distractions outside of the journey map.

Emile Donovan speaks to RNZ's Nicky Park about the latest social media manosphere craze "raw-dogging".

SAS Scandinavian Airlines Boeing 737-800 aircraft as seen during taxiing, rotation, take off and fly phase while departing from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS EHAM. The B738 passenger jet airplane passes in front of a control tower during as it is taking off from Polderbaan runway, the airplane has the registration LN-RRH and the name Freja Viking. SAS is the flag airline carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the airline has a fleet size of 180 planes and is member of Star Alliance aviation group. According to European media SAS announced 4000 flight cancellations this summer tourist season due to staff shortages and increased demand, 2 years after the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic measures relaxed and people want to travel and visit places for holidays. Amsterdam, the Netherlands on April 27, 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto) (Photo by Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

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