> Religion is one factor that actually shows some promise in explaining why belief in gender equality has lost ground with boys. Views of gender equality among boys who say religion is not important in their life have not decreased by nearly as much in the past five years. The share of boys agreeing completely that women deserve equal job opportunities fell 22 percentage points, from 60% in 2018 to 38% in 2023. Complete agreement with equal pay for women also fell by 21 percentage points, from 71% to 50%.
> The fact that the popularity of gender equality plummeted so much among religious boys seems to be the main clue available in the survey about what factors might be driving this trend. Unfortunately, the survey contains little other information on religious or political beliefs of these 8th and 10th graders, and further research will be necessary to understand what is driving these trends.
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It’s interesting that the teens who don’t get dates are LESS sexist than the ones who do go out with women.
One thing contributing to this could be the changing demographics of young Americans. Surveys are seeing similar things in Europe where the demographic situation is even more stark. For example, almost 42% of Vienna schoolchildren are Muslim and you’re kidding yourself if you think that has literally zero impact on median social views.
Tyler Cowen was actually interviewed about this recently and straight up said he doesn’t have a solution. Will be interesting to watch it play out. Gen Z is clearly going to be more conservative than many people were thinking 5-10 years ago. I remember a lot of liberal commentators took it for granted that things would keep getting more progressive with each new generation of youth.
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almost as if their fuckhead dipshit parents keep electing in dumbfuck moron conservatives who also believe women don’t deserve rights
Maybe internet ID submission is the right call
The most interesting tidbit: guys who don’t hang out, spend more time gaming, and don’t date are actually MORE likely to support gender equality.
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This is surprising
> Religion is one factor that actually shows some promise in explaining why belief in gender equality has lost ground with boys. Views of gender equality among boys who say religion is not important in their life have not decreased by nearly as much in the past five years. The share of boys agreeing completely that women deserve equal job opportunities fell 22 percentage points, from 60% in 2018 to 38% in 2023. Complete agreement with equal pay for women also fell by 21 percentage points, from 71% to 50%.
> The fact that the popularity of gender equality plummeted so much among religious boys seems to be the main clue available in the survey about what factors might be driving this trend. Unfortunately, the survey contains little other information on religious or political beliefs of these 8th and 10th graders, and further research will be necessary to understand what is driving these trends.
It’s interesting that the teens who don’t get dates are LESS sexist than the ones who do go out with women.
One thing contributing to this could be the changing demographics of young Americans. Surveys are seeing similar things in Europe where the demographic situation is even more stark. For example, almost 42% of Vienna schoolchildren are Muslim and you’re kidding yourself if you think that has literally zero impact on median social views.
Tyler Cowen was actually interviewed about this recently and straight up said he doesn’t have a solution. Will be interesting to watch it play out. Gen Z is clearly going to be more conservative than many people were thinking 5-10 years ago. I remember a lot of liberal commentators took it for granted that things would keep getting more progressive with each new generation of youth.
Damn, the little dark age edit actually worked.
Calling it now:
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