Gen Z’s Radical Role Reversal: Women Want Careers, Men Want Children

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/sophianelson/2025/09/09/gen-zs-radical-role-reversal-women-want-careers-men-want-children/

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    1. Men want women to have their children, rear them and be a fuck maid, too.

      Women want a life they can be happy in.

      I think I see the disconnect.

    2. Women actually had impetus to liberate themselves from the shackles of patriarchy through education and careers giving them the financial security to live as their own person and not simply someone attached to a husband.

      Men who have become less and less college educated as time has gone by, are finding it very hard to compete in a job market saturated by highly skilled female and immigrant workers, and so they are looking for some way to feel purpose and leave behind a legacy, the easiest way to leave a legacy behind is children.

    3. Well clearly these men are delusional to think they can support a family when they can’t even support themselves financially , don’t Gen Z men have the highest unemployment rate? Lack of financial literacy skills and financial planning clearly..

    4. pastor-of-muppets69 on

      As a millenial dude, I think this is great. Don’t want children. Marriage is a scam that targets men. I have enough of a nest egg to fuck off to latam, sea, or eastern europe indefinitely at any time and run out the clock chasing women and tinkering with my hobbies. American women have it 100% right imo. Kids and marriage suck. Plus, we all know gen z dudes are missing a few screws for reasons outside of their control. My advice to them is that society will try to shame you for trying to meet your own needs in a good-faith manner, and the charge of men, that you were intentionally not informed of, is to say “fuck you!” and do it anyway. Diversify, take the expat pill, and maybe you can find a non-obese gf in Vietnam or Ecuador.

    5. [This is the actual poll which also has a headline overstating the gender gap.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-gen-zs-gender-divide-reaches-politics-views-marriage-children-suc-rcna229255)

      There is definitely a gender gap in politics for people under 30 with Trump getting approvals for various issues in the 40s for men and 20s for women.

      But, men and women have identical top life goals overall in this poll. They want career success and financial success above all else. The biggest difference is that women ranked emotional stability as the 4th most important out of 13 categories while men ranked it 10th.

      Having children is 8th most important out of 13 for men and 10th for women. Not a huge difference.

      The difference is only with men who voted for Trump. Having children is most important to them. Trump voting women out at 6. Harris voting men and women are more closely aligned on the subject.

      What’ll be interesting here is if there is an increase in stay at home dads among conservatives. I could see it happening out of necessity for some.

    6. SoybeanCola1933 on

      Hold up, this surveys GEN Z, most of whom are very young and still in college.

      Were Millennial/Gen X women prioritising marriage and children when they were 18-25????

    7. Is Trump-voting men who prefer having children. Because they carry antiquated views on women raising children, plus there’s that whole weird “we’re being replaced by minorities” worldview.

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