I have always preferred en-dashes, personally. I wonder if the em-dash paranoia has seeped into en-dashes?
Utopian Incrementalist
About a half-dozen of the writers I work with have confessed to feeling paranoid about their use of em-dashes (the long ones: "—") because they fear people will believe their stuff was written by an AI.
To which I say: Pfffft. Use as many dang dashes as you want. And let your human voice sing out.
