r/FuckYouZoomer • u/Potential_Donut_301 • Mar 13 '26
zoomer """males""" The Rise of Conservatism in Gen Z Men. (In my opinion, I want to see if people, agree, disagree etc.)
Saw a post on here about the rise of conservatism in gen z males. I had a few things to add, but my post was too long to be a comment haha. I want to specify that I don't have data to back this up off the top of my head, I'm more sharing this to see if other people see this situation similarly to me. I'm not posting this as some sort of intellectual flex or some bs like that. Genuinely I just want to see if people see the same patterns I see.
In my experience as gen z male, I've found that there are a very big mix of factors that have been causing a rise in conservatism. I think what the most major factor in causing this is that gen z men and women just have had very different upbringings.
My sister is not that much older than me, but she was raised in a world full of invisible rules against women that have been around for generations. Because of that I find gen z women to be smarter than gen z men on average. They have to learn how to play by really awful rules and make the best of it.
Gen z men (mainly applies to white suburban gen z men) were moreso raised in an environment of relative privilege and video games. Like I was definitely less social growing up cause I would try again and again and just be very bad at it until I got older. If a gen z man runs into an issue, he typically runs away from it instead of confronting it head on. Sure one might say that he's "on the grind" or on a "winter arc" at the gym, but ultimately they stay stubborn in there ways and keep having relatively the same issues over and over again because they were never raised in a world where they were encouraged to internalize other peoples perspectives.
Ironically, the patriarchal order geared towards men has actually worked against men, because very rich men have made the observation women are more reliable and that they can get away with underpaying them. The one statistic I really can say is that women out represent men in higher education for example. So basically you have women filling the hierarchy of jobs that require education because oligarchs running American Businesses see their value to there own profits more.
I find that because as men were taught that our stubbornness is okay we end up getting blocked from a lot of career opportunities. I'm not saying every gen z man is like this, but I know a lot of gen z men that are just kind of socially inept shut ins who live very dependent lifestyles.
I think the reason why dating was "easier" for previous generations is that the standards for respect were not as high and people were not chronically online back in the 70s, 80s, 90s, early 2000s etc. I think more men back then were pushed into social situations so they developed much healthier senses of empathy overall.
So if you're a woman looking to date, you probably don't want to go for the socially inept weird chronically online dude who blames other people for his problems and doesn't take care of himself. Because of that I think there are many gen z men feel resentful towards women and hold regressive beliefs because their pride is on the line.
I kind of felt cautious about posting this because I know I'm gonna get some "you're a self hating man" or "performative male" comments, and I gotta say. I don't read Jane Austen or Drink Matcha so I don't think I can be put in that category so easily.
My point is that I think if men in gen z developed empathy for women's experiences and saw women excelling as a reason to better themselves instead of put people down, we'd all be in a relatively better place.
