Young men drifting to the right
Young men are drifting to the right on many issues, while young women move left. At least, that is what recent studies suggest. Polling data reported in The Economist from 20 countries indicates that twenty years ago there was little difference between the share of men and women aged 18-29 who described themselves as liberal rather than conservative, but now the gap has grown to 25 percentage points. In the UK, King’s College London’s Policy Institute and Global Institute for Women’s Leadership in partnership with Ipsos UK have found the gender split in views is starkest among the young when...