Poll finds that fewer Gen Z boys identify as Feminists than Millenials-- and the same % as Gen X.
Poll finds that fewer Gen Z boys identify as Feminists than Millenials-- and the same % as Gen X.
I worry folks are downvoting because they take the title as an endorsement of anti-feminism. This is an explicit statement that this sub is in no way anti-feminist. Read the sidebar.
Ask anyone under 30 if they're a feminist and most would say no. Ask them if they believe women should have equal rights and they'd say, "Duh".
Gen-X men see eye-to-eye with male Gen-Zers. An identical 43 percent of men in that bracket call themselves feminists, compared to 49 percent of the generation’s women.
I feel like the authors think these 2 sentences are supporting the same argument, and I think they do not.
Asking someone if they “identify as a feminist” is vastly different than exploring their core values. “Feminism” is a badly exploited word that means many different things to many different people, even within a generational cohort.
It’s entirely possible that the sample of Gen-Xers that identify as feminist also carry more regressive beliefs than Gen-Zers that said they were not feminists.
The way this study was summarized in the article smells a lot like an older author (read: Gen-X or Boomer) trying to make sense of Gen-Z by plopping them into buckets created for the older generation.
I don’t know anything about anything, but this smelled less of science than an article reporting a study ought to.
Feminism is also not a useful term anymore - since people have vastly different definitions.
It's probably better used as a label for a collection of movements than any singular one.
Problem is, people using this term might simply no understand each other, since they might mean quite different things.
But do they identify as a non-labelled person that respects women and their choices? Or is this just about political labelling made for marketing and division?
God bless keywords and seo. /S.
I mean it makes sense. Feminism has become quite the loaded term as of recent, and young people are going to be a lot more distanced from the earlier wages of feminism.
That's what I'd assume. My impression is that many Gen-Z might associate the term "Feminism" with J.K. Rowling and such, Trans-Exclusionary feminists as it were. If there were questions that could suss out concern about trans issues, or even LGBT+ issues in general, I suspect the differences between generation might match.
Not even getting into substantive issues, the people who loudly proclaim their feminism online are usually total fucking jackasses since honest people see little need to hide behind the concept of "feminism", as if it's a shield against criticism.
Overall, a more substantive survey would just be better. Or really anything beyond "self ID with a broad and contentious label".
I don’t know how much I trust AEI’s motivation, methods or conclusions. The same survey also shows gen z are much less likely to go to church, less likely to drink and smoke, less likely to have a girlfriend/boyfriend…and gen x and boomers are more likely to do all of that. Is it true? Probably. But when you are asking a 19 year old and a 59 year old the same question…how do you even calculate what the answer means?
Currently Gen Z included aa young as 11. Are they polling 13 year olds? Because I definitely give zero shits what 13 year old boys think.
And are they polling teenage gen x’ers as well?
Teenage Gen X? Do you think they have a time machine?
Yes I’m joking because the very premise of comparing the age groups with specific questions is problematic. “Are you a feminist” doesn’t mean the same thing to someone born in 2002 as it does someone born in 1972.
If you ask me…a 40-something man, I say yes I’m a feminist because I want you to know I am an ally and support women. If you ask a 16 year old, I would doubt the word means much to them at all. But I bet they will be more supportive of women than our generation anyway.
shows gen z are much ... less likely to drink and smoke ... Currently Gen Z included aa young as 11
It's like they think 11 year olds are heading to the bar after school.
Though others have pointed out alternative interpretations of the poll (such as merely disagreeing with the label, not the ideals, of feminism), I am going to voice the minority opinion here: the straightforward interpretation may be right. In fact, I unfortunately find it completely plausible. Millennials, after all, went through ten formative years of #MeToo and BLM, the biggest protests for equality in a century. The younger generation aren't going through a cultural revolution anywhere near that scale. Things have quieted down, and sentiment may have regressed to the mean.
I also think people may be underestimating how powerful rightwing bro media has become, with radical figures becoming mainstream like Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan, etc. I don't see many countervailing feminist voices with as much reach, especially those targeting impressionable boys. I'm not sure about any of this, and I know some may not like to hear the alarm, but I think we need to be realistic about the possibility.
I prefer humanist over most other "-ists" as it's more inclusive to all races/genders.