How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?
On a related point, what I&#x27;m uncertain about are the reasons for the increase in transgender kids in the west. I understand there&#x27;s been a massive increase in cases for transmen in the UK and USA for example.
Is this because we can identify these conditions much better now? Maybe. I don&#x27;t have the background to say for sure. 
There is a real fear in society though that woke schools of thought are a harmful influence to the above rise. Again we need to be careful here. 
Personally what I do know is that growing up I had for a time quite severe identity issues (not about gender) but it was also a time when society encouraged the view of everyone being unique and mysterious and don&#x27;t put labels on things. There wasn&#x27;t anyway near this current level of identity politics and wokeness. 
I appreciate it&#x27;s a bit of a stretch but in some ways it does feel now in society there is a growing pressure to box people&#x27;s identities in more. Im so glad I grew up without the internet and could just be, and be a confused kid growing up without labels.