Hope for Gen Z Boys

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Hope for Gen Z Boys

According to new data, the belief that Gen Z is overwhelmingly liberal is exaggerated. Red State reported that instead it shows a shift toward conservatism among high school boys. About one-quarter of 12th-grade boys identify as conservative or "very conservative," while only 13 percent identify as liberal. This is a significant change from previous years when liberal boys occasionally outnumbered conservatives. On the other hand, high school girls are trending leftward. The Hill reported, “Nowadays, it is girls who are drifting to the left. The share of 12th-grade girls who identified as liberal rose from 19 percent in 2012 to 30 percent in 2022. Only 12 percent of girls identified as conservative in last year’s survey, administered by the University of Michigan.”

The shift in political preferences may be influenced by the Democrat Party's focus on feminist ideals and scare tactics.

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Why this is happening has people scratching their heads and the best they can come up with is to blame Trump and video games, but looking at the socio-political landscape, we can make an educated guess as to what’s happening.

If you tell someone they aren’t welcome and deride them constantly, they’ll eventually go where they’re more appreciated.

The Democrat Party, which invests heavily in modern feminist ideals, has reiterated its disdain for men and masculinity repeatedly. In an age where boys are being inundated by the leftist narrative that they’re awful just for being boys, they’re naturally going to migrate to places and people who don’t look at them as defective.

As such, boys are listening to people like Joe Rogan, Tim Pool, Ben Shapiro, and more. Boys have effectively migrated out of the bubble the Democrats attempted to set for them and as such, messaging from other sources is reaching them more easily. You can even see this happening in the entertainment sector where the “toxic masculinity” of Japanese manga and anime has now outstripped the American industry by leaps and bounds.