It may be exacerbated lately because of the fact that we have so many fewer wars that involve sending off large swaths of the young male population to fight and

It may be exacerbated lately because of the fact that we have so many fewer wars that involve sending off large swaths of the young male population to fight and die, so instead they're surviving long enough to complain about the situation. Sure, we still have wars, but they're much more asymmetric, and often enough the technology in use results in fewer military fatalities, at least in the West.