A survey of more than 24,000 people across 30 countries revealed 57% of Gen Z men felt their nation had “gone so far in promoting women’s equality that we are discriminating against men.”
Six in 10 Gen Z men also said they were being asked to do too much to support women, with 28% adding that a father who stayed home to look after his children is less of a man than those who went to work.
Across the board, Gen Z had more extreme views on their role in creating an equal society than any other generation. For example, only 12% of baby boomers agreed with the statement that fathers staying home meant they were less of a man.
Overall, however, 62% of men across countries including the U.S., Australia, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan said that achieving gender equality is of personal importance to them."Despite the divisive headlines, our survey highlights that most people—including men—still agree that achieving gender equality…is important to them personally. Many problems we face are shared, and all genders can and should come together to address the challenges we face as a society, as only by uniting our efforts can we meet them."
Gen Z is in a VERY weird space around gender politics actually. There’s a minor, unintentional sex strike going on, where Gen Z women lean strongly liberal and don’t want to date conservatives, but Gen Z men lean conservative. The difficulty in finding like minded partners has led (many) young men to be even MORE reactionary and isolated, while Gen Z women are more sexually liberated, more likely to identify as queer and more likely to be open to dating women demographically than other generations of women. IDK if that sort of thing has a real precedent, but we do know that lots of sexually frustrated young men creates a dangerous situation.
