Global trend emerging: Men are increasingly right wing, women are increasingly left wing

[RamsayBolton]

with both trending in opposite directions somethings gotta give

A new global gender divide is emerging

Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching

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A new global gender divide is emerging

In the US, UK and Germany, young women now take far more liberal positions on immigration and racial justice than young men, while older age groups remain evenly matched. The trend in most countries has been one of women shifting left while men stand still, but there are signs that young men are actively moving to the right in Germany, where today’s under-30s are more opposed to immigration than their elders, and have shifted towards the far-right AfD in recent years. It would be easy to say this is all a phase that will pass, but the ideology gaps are only growing, and data shows that people’s formative political experiences are hard to shake off. All of this is exacerbated by the fact that the proliferation of smartphones and social media mean that young men and women now increasingly inhabit separate spaces and experience separate cultures.

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A new global gender divide is emerging

Too often young people’s views are overlooked owing to their low rates of political participation, but this shift could leave ripples for generations to come, impacting far more than vote counts.

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Gen Z's gender divide is huge — and unexpected

Gen Z women are becoming more liberal, while Gen Z men are drifting to the right. Now, they don't agree on anything.

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Most young men are probably not interested in making America great again, but they do feel acutely the need to secure a place for themselves in a culture that readily identifies male advantage but ignores the challenges young men face. Out of a sense of increased insecurity, more young men are adopting a zero-sum view of gender equality — if women gain, men will inevitably lose. It's an outlook that makes them defensive, encourages them to ignore or overlook enduring challenges women face in society, and can even spur misogyny. As one 35-year-old man told Pew in 2022 about #MeToo: "Too many people are taking advantage of a serious situation because it's trendy or they are greedy or just want attention." And this attitude has real-world consequences: In the online gaming world, 75% of Gen Z women have reported experiencing harassment.

But both genders are feeling increasingly precarious — and it's causing them to drift further apart. A recent Washington Post editorial lamented what this growing political divide means for dating and marriage: If Gen Z men and women can't agree on politics, it's going to get harder for them to find a partner. But if anything, that understates the problem. Based on our interviews, there appears to be a growing eagerness among both young men and women to blame their problems on each other. And a society in which men and women see their interests as irrevocably opposed is not one that can last.

 

[Micky Mikey]

Don't know a solution to this but this clearly isn't a good thing. I'm curious to see where this will all lead.

 

[King]

Men see rich CACS exploiting them and turn to hating poor black people

You buckdancing Coli negroes ain't excluded from this either

 

[Micky Mikey]

Men see rich CACS exploiting them and turn to hating poor black people

You buckdancing Coli negroes ain't excluded from this either

Its always easier to punch down than it is to punch up. A lot our problems as a society can be attributed to the wealthy elite. People never seem to connect those dots and instead lay blame on people doing as bad or worse than they are.

 

[King]

Its always easier to punch down than it is to punch up. A lot our problems as a society can be attributed to the wealthy elite. For some reason people never seem to connect those dots and instead lay blame on people doing as bad or worse than they are.

All, not some, of our problems are due to them.

They have zero redeeming qualities.

 

[JadeB]

I'm a huge exception. I hold extremely progressive beliefs for a man. So not all of us

 

[At30wecashout]

I'm a huge exception. I hold extremely progressive beliefs for a man. So not all of us

I'm going further left as time goes on, and that is while making more money than ever.

 

[CopiousX]

The Krehs are very suprising. Im genuinley curous what right wing means in a south korean context where its mostly seperated from judeoreligion, race, and old school norms.



Only thing i can think of of general mysogeny, but otherwise i cant think of what they are right wing about. While there are a minority of christians in their country , the vast majority of them are irreligious. Maybe, we can toss in anti lgbt stuff, cause most asians dont roll with that in their home countries

I'm a huge exception. I hold extremely progressive beliefs for a man. So not all of us

Most black people in the western world dont have the luxury to be right wing. Cause right wing people in Germany, US , Uk, France, Latn America, etc are almost unilaterally antiblack. Whether we are talking about Bolsanaro, Trump, Borris Johnson , or Marie Lapen ;none of these people look fondly at black men

 

[AyBrehHam Linkin]

Don't know a solution to this but this clearly isn't a good thing. I'm curious to see where this will all lead.

it will lead to another major global conflict imo

 

[Kitsune]

"right wing" removed the american dollar from the gold standard, in a selfish short sighted move to indulge in high level corruption

"right wing" also destroyed americas manufavturing and shipped it off to china, coinciding with the criminal fiat system they implemented, transforming this country into coffer for oligarchs, with citizens reduced to debt slaves, the system is theirs

molested and taken advtage of, trying to reclaim a sense of dignity when the only thing you're "conserving" is another mans fetish, depraved bdsm ritual with a rubber ball between your lips

besides, the “left wing” has served its purpose so the establishment is openly sacrificing it to manufacture public consent towards larger agendas, every thing follows a timeline..simply because nothing is organic

lol

 

[Hoodoo Child]

It's almost like men and women value different things

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

south korean context

Ethnonationalism, xenophobia, protectionism, isolationism

 

[CrownHeights]

A lot of Coli brehs fall under that category

 

[KidJSoul]

Assuming this isn't some bs report with shoddy methods, haven't men always skewed more towards conservatism?

Men are more likely to probably have conservative views about masculinity, manhood, economy, etc because of our experiences that encourage that mindset. Women can be liberal about it because they cant relate to masculinity as well, and are negatively affected by bad men. This is not surprising in 2024.


Also didn't the 2020 election throw a wrench in this theory otherwise? Trump's share of the women vote increased and it was similar between women and men

 

[Braman]

I’ve been saying for a few years now…the ‘far left’ is a SERIOUS problem. It’s not in a man’s nature to move like this. At this rate a majority of men, black and white, are not gonna go Maga but will opt out and become agnostic. Dems will just be women and gays