Surprised so many men believe toxic masculinity is a problem, especially given the other results here.
Is there a spot to compare these results to previous decades?
It looks pretty alarming, I’m curious as to whether this is normal or an aberration
If your ideology depends on controlling the manner in which other people live their lives, whether by legislation, force, or societal pressure and mores, your ideology is arrogant and broken. I hope these boys enjoy being alone
Ask those same men “I think the father should do 50% of the parenting, when home from work”
I bet the number saying they want families is significantly higher than “I want to be more then the fun parent”
As a man who wants to be a father and an active parent doing as close to equal or more of the parenting most men sadly don’t feel the same
35% of Gen Z women believe we should return to traditional gender roles?!?!?! That is so much higher than I expected or am comfortable with. Internalized misogyny runs deep. Holy cow.
Interesting part to me is that women are clearly more of a cohesive bloc. The swings are much wider from issue to issue for them, whereas men stay closer to a 50-50 split in most cases
These are virtually all in majority favor of liberal ideals except for Trump and Vance approval rates being almost half of young men. Even though Gen Z women are more liberal, Gen Z men appear to also be a slight majority liberal.
Oof. Well, glad this post found it’s way onto my feed and I got to read some of the dumbest comments from the dumbest people I’ve ever seen on reddit. I just wanted some nice gaming news. Really have to stop using this app first thing in the morning.
Very interesting that the people in this thread are immediately assuming that the women are right, and the men are wrong. These questions are all opinions so we cannot say which cohort is more right or wrong.
And also, downplaying men’s opinions like that probably contributes to the trends that y’all are so worried about.
Political data disaggregated by age that doesn’t show other ages is bad data presentation. I suspect an agenda is being pushed here (that Gen Z men are particularly right wing, a very common assertion on reddit) that data does not support. I’d also welcome a definition of Gen Z on the graphic (it’s <28yo according to the website).
Looking at the source:
47% of GenZ men approve of Trump
53% of millenial men
56% of Gen X
49% Boomers
47% Silent
Tells a bit of a different story to the one implied by the chart, doesn’t it?
Ideally we’d want to look at what other generations thought when they were <28 but the survey doesn’t go back that far, nor does Trump’s political career, nor can we ignore the general trends in support for Democrats vs Republicans.
The reality is that Republicans are more popular in general in 24/25 than they were in 20 – that’s why the won the election. Blaming this disproportionately (or even exclusively in some comments) on young people is not supported by evidence and likely to be counter-productive.
I’d argue that the real story here is how anti-Trump young women are (independently of men) but that doesn’t justify anti-young prejudice so it’s pretty much ignored in reddit discourse.
For women through the generations it’s 26%, 35%, 41%, 36%, 33%.
If you think the real story is the gap between men and women in Gen Z (21pp), it would STILL be helpful to see the other age groups for comparison (18pp for millenials, 15pp for Gen X, 13pp Boomer, 14pp silent).
The massive education and socialization gap between boys and girls needs to be addressed before any of this changes, along with other issues. Bigger gap now (in the opposite direction) than when title 9 passed.
Calling them incels and telling them to pick themselves up by their bootstraps seems to be the default reaction in a lot of spaces, an ironically conservative reaction that fails to see the bigger picture. Systematic problems require systematic solutions.
Yes there is a point as an adult where you are responsible for your own gross political views but this stuff doesn’t come out of nowhere. It wasn’t long ago where the rural/urban and gender divides were much less pronounced. Women have been more conservative than men for most of their voting history. It has now reversed and there are complicated reasons for that reversal we are still figuring out.
So Gen Z men are more republican than democrat?
Where are these Gen Z women when it comes time to vote?
America really dropped the ball on their male youth… thank God for counterculture kids…
Some of these questions are very broadly and misleadingly worded, unless you define “gender-affirming care” and “return to traditional gender roles”. The question about “young people prioritizing family over careers” what does that mean exactly? Plenty of people would LOVE to do that, but companies do not pay enough for the majority of Gen Z to raise kids or buy a home, NOR do they get guaranteed parental leave.
I’d be interested in seeing the social differences between men and women within each race. I feel like the difference is probably more exacerbated if you solely look at White Americans versus other racial groups
How many of the young men who want a return to traditional gender roles know how to change a flat tire?
The department of education question is so random. 95% of people don’t know what they do
I see people post elsewhere that they’re waiting for the Boomers to die off, so the more progressive younger people can take over and right America’s wrongs. As a Gen Xer, I used to think that, too, but horrible people are going to persist through generations.
Young men: hold every opinion that actively makes life worse for women.
Also young men: WOMEN DON’T WANT TO DATE ME BECAUSE I’M NOT A RICH CHAD
This explains A LOT the divide in genders and the collapse in birthrates/marriages
It won’t get any better either.
It’s been YEARS since I have met a group of attractive women that were indifferent to a man’s political affiliation.
Nobody has mentioned unemployment rate for young men is skyrocketing, yet more approve of his job creation?
40% of young men think that dismantling the department of education is a good idea? Save that generation please
Young dudes really like JD Vance? That mook? Wow. Thiel must be so proud.
once again, the comments have proven to me that reddit is so far gone, I can’t do anything but laugh at you.
![[OC] Political and Social differences between Gen Z Men and Women in the US](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/w2b08k15ruwf1-1240x1024.png)
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Source: [Annual The 19th and SurveyMonkey poll 2025](https://19thnews.org/2025/09/polling-2025/) detailed [cross-tabs](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LbQ2hIRw79CJMK8Uh8VoepoujAg_TV62GK9taqiB2Mg/htmlview#gid=443713424)
Tools: [Datawrapper ](https://www.datawrapper.de/)
Dawg we getting South Korea birth rates 😭
Surprised so many men believe toxic masculinity is a problem, especially given the other results here.
Is there a spot to compare these results to previous decades?
It looks pretty alarming, I’m curious as to whether this is normal or an aberration
If your ideology depends on controlling the manner in which other people live their lives, whether by legislation, force, or societal pressure and mores, your ideology is arrogant and broken. I hope these boys enjoy being alone
Ask those same men “I think the father should do 50% of the parenting, when home from work”
I bet the number saying they want families is significantly higher than “I want to be more then the fun parent”
As a man who wants to be a father and an active parent doing as close to equal or more of the parenting most men sadly don’t feel the same
35% of Gen Z women believe we should return to traditional gender roles?!?!?! That is so much higher than I expected or am comfortable with. Internalized misogyny runs deep. Holy cow.
Interesting part to me is that women are clearly more of a cohesive bloc. The swings are much wider from issue to issue for them, whereas men stay closer to a 50-50 split in most cases
These are virtually all in majority favor of liberal ideals except for Trump and Vance approval rates being almost half of young men. Even though Gen Z women are more liberal, Gen Z men appear to also be a slight majority liberal.
Oof. Well, glad this post found it’s way onto my feed and I got to read some of the dumbest comments from the dumbest people I’ve ever seen on reddit. I just wanted some nice gaming news. Really have to stop using this app first thing in the morning.
Very interesting that the people in this thread are immediately assuming that the women are right, and the men are wrong. These questions are all opinions so we cannot say which cohort is more right or wrong.
And also, downplaying men’s opinions like that probably contributes to the trends that y’all are so worried about.
Political data disaggregated by age that doesn’t show other ages is bad data presentation. I suspect an agenda is being pushed here (that Gen Z men are particularly right wing, a very common assertion on reddit) that data does not support. I’d also welcome a definition of Gen Z on the graphic (it’s <28yo according to the website).
Looking at the source:
47% of GenZ men approve of Trump
53% of millenial men
56% of Gen X
49% Boomers
47% Silent
Tells a bit of a different story to the one implied by the chart, doesn’t it?
Ideally we’d want to look at what other generations thought when they were <28 but the survey doesn’t go back that far, nor does Trump’s political career, nor can we ignore the general trends in support for Democrats vs Republicans.
The reality is that Republicans are more popular in general in 24/25 than they were in 20 – that’s why the won the election. Blaming this disproportionately (or even exclusively in some comments) on young people is not supported by evidence and likely to be counter-productive.
I’d argue that the real story here is how anti-Trump young women are (independently of men) but that doesn’t justify anti-young prejudice so it’s pretty much ignored in reddit discourse.
For women through the generations it’s 26%, 35%, 41%, 36%, 33%.
If you think the real story is the gap between men and women in Gen Z (21pp), it would STILL be helpful to see the other age groups for comparison (18pp for millenials, 15pp for Gen X, 13pp Boomer, 14pp silent).
The massive education and socialization gap between boys and girls needs to be addressed before any of this changes, along with other issues. Bigger gap now (in the opposite direction) than when title 9 passed.
Calling them incels and telling them to pick themselves up by their bootstraps seems to be the default reaction in a lot of spaces, an ironically conservative reaction that fails to see the bigger picture. Systematic problems require systematic solutions.
Yes there is a point as an adult where you are responsible for your own gross political views but this stuff doesn’t come out of nowhere. It wasn’t long ago where the rural/urban and gender divides were much less pronounced. Women have been more conservative than men for most of their voting history. It has now reversed and there are complicated reasons for that reversal we are still figuring out.
So Gen Z men are more republican than democrat?
Where are these Gen Z women when it comes time to vote?
America really dropped the ball on their male youth… thank God for counterculture kids…
Some of these questions are very broadly and misleadingly worded, unless you define “gender-affirming care” and “return to traditional gender roles”. The question about “young people prioritizing family over careers” what does that mean exactly? Plenty of people would LOVE to do that, but companies do not pay enough for the majority of Gen Z to raise kids or buy a home, NOR do they get guaranteed parental leave.
I’d be interested in seeing the social differences between men and women within each race. I feel like the difference is probably more exacerbated if you solely look at White Americans versus other racial groups
How many of the young men who want a return to traditional gender roles know how to change a flat tire?
The department of education question is so random. 95% of people don’t know what they do
I see people post elsewhere that they’re waiting for the Boomers to die off, so the more progressive younger people can take over and right America’s wrongs. As a Gen Xer, I used to think that, too, but horrible people are going to persist through generations.
Young men: hold every opinion that actively makes life worse for women.
Also young men: WOMEN DON’T WANT TO DATE ME BECAUSE I’M NOT A RICH CHAD
This explains A LOT the divide in genders and the collapse in birthrates/marriages
It won’t get any better either.
It’s been YEARS since I have met a group of attractive women that were indifferent to a man’s political affiliation.
Nobody has mentioned unemployment rate for young men is skyrocketing, yet more approve of his job creation?
40% of young men think that dismantling the department of education is a good idea? Save that generation please
Young dudes really like JD Vance? That mook? Wow. Thiel must be so proud.
once again, the comments have proven to me that reddit is so far gone, I can’t do anything but laugh at you.
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