New research has found that the demographic is increasingly divided on political issues, with young men becoming more conservative and young women becoming more progressive.
Something unexpected is happening between men and women in Generation Z.
Over the last decade, numerous studies measuring public opinion have found that notoriously progressive young people are increasingly divided on a variety of key social and political issues, including drug addiction, crime, climate change, gun violence and reproductive rights.
And this is what new research shows from the Financial TimesThe most rapid divergence between the views of young men and women this century is now on full display: “Tens of millions of people living in the same cities, in the same workplaces, in the same classrooms, and even in the same homes no longer see each other agreed.” -Eye.’
As it turns out, women aged 29 to 18 have become more liberal every year since 2014, while young men have, paradoxically, become more conservative. This data suggests that the population size is now both left and right at the same timewith female Generation Zers now more likely than their male contemporaries to vote, be interested in politics and take part in protests.
NEW: In many countries around the world, an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women.
I think this is one of the most important social trends emerging today and offers the answer to several puzzles. pic.twitter.com/kG4qQReqfT
– John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) 26 January 2024
In the US, Gen Z women are now 30 percentage points more liberal than Gen Z men, with the divide accelerating significantly over the last decade. German Generation Z women are also 30 percentage points more liberal than German Generation Z men, while the gap in the UK is 25 points.
The ideological divide is even more pronounced in South Korea, where young men voted primarily for the right-wing People Power Party and young women for the Liberal Democratic Party in the 2022 presidential election.
2024-01-30 18:59:31
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