Boys and men from generation Z are more likely than older baby boomers to believe that feminism has done more harm than good, according to research that shows a “real risk of fractious division among this coming generation”.

On feminism, 16% of gen Z males felt it had done more harm than good. Among over-60s the figure was 13%.

The figures emerged from Ipsos polling for King’s College London’s Policy Institute and the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership. The research also found that 37% of men aged 16 to 29 consider “toxic masculinity” an unhelpful phrase, roughly double the number of young women who don’t like it.

“This is a new and unusual generational pattern,” said Prof Bobby Duffy, director of the Policy Institute. “Normally, it tends to be the case that younger generations are consistently more comfortable with emerging social norms, as they grew up with these as a natural part of their lives.”

Link to study: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/masculinity-and-womens-equality-study-finds-emerging-gender-divide-in-young-peoples-attitudes

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    Looks like this was an online poll where you get paid if randomly selected:

    Ipsos UK interviewed online a representative sample of 3,716 adults aged 16+ across the United Kingdom between 17 and 23 August 2023. This data has been collected by Ipsos’s UK KnowledgePanel, an online random probability panel…

    https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/masculinity-and-womens-equality-study-finds-emerging-gender-divide-in-young-peoples-attitudes

    For what it’s worth, there’s a recent Gallup survey showing a similar trend that published a couple weeks ago:

    …Since 2014, women between the ages of 18 and 29 have steadily become more liberal each year, while young men have not. Today, female Gen Zers are more likely than their male counterparts to vote, care more about political issues, and participate in social movements and protests.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-gender-gap-young-men-women-dont-agree-politics-2024-1

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      That’s an interesting thing to note. If the people more likely to approve of Tate and his message are the ones looking for easy money then that could indicate a degree of selection bias.

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        The existence and popularity of people like Tate and toxic dating strategy shit might be an indication of how Gen Z is handling misogyny. It’s possible Gen Z hasn’t been exposed to misogyny in such heavy doses as the rest of us. Seeing your peers undervalued and objectified could sort of be an inoculation. There also might be a perquisite strong belief in equality component.

        For things like feminism, the battle is never over. Insidious ideals like misogyny needs to be constantly kept in check.

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        The first link is the study the article cites to. Also, I don’t think there’s a disagreement. The portion you cited refers specifically to “toxic masculinity,” whereas the article focuses on people’s reactions to “feminism.” Specifically, it mentions that 16% of Gen Z males felt feminism had done more harm than good, compared to 13% among those over 60, to support its claim.

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            I’m not sure what you’re arguing anymore. I said the article focuses on the “feminism” portion of the study. This new portion you cited to is about “equal opportunities.” Look at page 15 of the PDF where it specifically shows 16% for men aged 16-29 vs. 13% for men aged 60+ with respect to “feminism” (the point of the article).

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      and how many people will click on an ad or email saying you’ll get paid to take a poll?
      is that a representative portion of the population or a very niche subgroup of desperate, gullible or extremely bored people?
      how/where was it advertised?

      polls don’t have to be bullshit, but they always are…

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        It sounds like you are sent the poll by snailmail and/or you are “recruited” that way and are then sent multiple polls over sometime.

        https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/uk-knowledgepanel

        It’s hard to get random people’s emails and still be sure that the samling is good. This way seems more reliable. The few serious polls I have ever been sent by the National Bureau of Statistics has always been sent by snailmail (or technically digital snailmail which is connected to my digital ID)

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          technically digital snailmail which is connected to my digital ID

          do you mean e-mail? or is this some UK thing?

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            No, it’s a free service you sign up for which delivers all the snailmail you get from governments and others to a digital mailbox instead. It’s like instant snailmail.

            It functions using an app or website instead of email, so you login by verifying your ID and not a password. I think the service is fairly common where I live.

            You can also get some receipts via that service.

            The service automatically organises all your mail into folders for each sender and separately for receipts and payments. Sender folders wouldn’t work well for email because you get email for a lot of people and companies but with this service I have only collected 16 different senders over 3 years.

            You can also share your digital mailbox with other people.

            It’s very convenient and saves time and paper. So I highly recommend checking if anything similar exists where you live.

            I don’t live in the UK so I don’t know if they have anything like it.

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                No, they send it through the service. Nothing ever gets printed.

                The different companies and government organisations do have to support it though.

                There are a few different companies that deliver the same service, the biggest (and first?) one is apparently used by almost half of the country’s population. Pretty much every service supports all the governmental organisations. Company support varies more.

                One of the smaller (not small) service provider is owned by the goverment. I am thinking of switching to that one but I haven’t bother yet.

                Apparently at least one of the smaller providers supports scanning of all physical mail but I have never had that.

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            You just said you’d answer it however they want you to. The way they want you to is truthfully.

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              LOL, this dude’s been lucky enough to never read a strategically worded political poll apparently.

              All polls are inherently biased in their wording. Almost no poll-makers are non-partisan, and the people most likely to complete polls are often the most biased.

              Statistics baybeee! They’ll tell you whatever you want if you structure your intake datum properly!

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                LOL, this dude’s been lucky enough to never read a strategically worded political poll apparently.

                So why did women and men respond completely differently, if not because… they feel that way?

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                What you meant is being communicated clearly. Why you think it’s some sort of conspiracy against big feminism or some shit is the confusing part.

                They just want you to answer the poll legitimately.

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                    So they respond.

                    If you don’t pay people then you’re only going to get people who are really enthusiastic about it to respond. If you actually compensate them for their time then people will take time out of their day to talk about something they probably don’t care about.

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                    Id say to make a group of people generally averse to participating in such polls, participate.

                    Why do people participate in any such polls? Because they think their opinion is important and want it heard, or because they get something. Market researchers usually give test groups their products for free or at a discount. Researchers pay people to participate in studies. Most humans don’t do things without motivation.

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                No, I don’t. You said you’d do whatever they want if they paid you, then immediately said you wouldn’t do it truthfully if they paid you to answer truthfully. It’s nonsensical.

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            I’ll select the first option for everything. Give me my AppleBee’s coupon!!

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            Of course not. Why would I care about telling the truth as long as I was getting paid?

            So is it just the men who are lying ‘to get paid’, or are the women too?

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              I didn’t say they were lying to get paid, I said if someone paid me, I would answer however they wanted me to answer. I speak for no one but myself.

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        Good polling can be formated in a way to weed out people giving nonsense answers, it’s like the first thing you learn about polling in sociology or psychology, how to extract quality data.

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        They don’t want you to answer it in any particular way.

        Besides, they have ways of identifying people giving bogus answers and throwing those responses out.