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(LifeSiteNews) — Generation Z is the victim of many things. Not only have they inherited trillions of dollars in debt that was racked up before they were even born, they are the first generation to have been indoctrinated with gender ideology. This has resulted in a whopping 10 percent of their generation identifying as LGBT.
At the same time, young men and women who reject leftist thinking have swung very far to the right. The phenomenon of “trad wives,” looksmaxxing, and voting Republican are indicators that there are more than a few Gen Z Americans who want to restore traditional gender roles and the family unit. A recently released Gallup poll confirms this trend.
On April 16, Frank Newport and Lydia Saad released a study that showed Gen Z men have bypassed women when it comes to religiosity. “Driven by a recent increase, young men in the U.S. have now surpassed young women in saying religion is ‘very important’ in their lives,” their study found. “Gallup’s latest data, from 2024-2025, show 42% of young men saying religion is very important to them, up sharply from 28% in 2022-2023. By contrast, during this period, young women’s attachment to religion has held steady at about 30%.”
This is encouraging news for a number of reasons. One reason is because men are natural leaders. When men do what is right, women follow. On the contrary, when they go soft and become effeminate, women tend to step up, even though this goes against their natural tendency to play a supportive role in both the home and society. If Gallup’s study is to be trusted, then it is safe to say that young men are taking the things that truly matter in life more seriously. This will only lead to a more stable society that helps women.
One can speculate as to why, as the Gallup study finds, that “women were significantly more attached to religion than young men were at the start of the millennium” but today are lagging behind them. One possible reason is the emergence of social media. With the advent of the internet, young men seem to be using it as a tool not only to escape the lies of mainstream news outlets but to voice frustrations of their own. This has resulted in a number of Gen Z influencers and commentators who inspire young men to be more masculine and to not let older generations rob them of the American dream.
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Gallup’s study is enlightening for other reasons, too. It found that women in other generations tend to take religion more seriously. For those between the ages of 30 and 49, women say religion is “very important” 47 percent to men’s 42 percent. For those between 50 and 64, women say religion is “very important” 53 percent to 48 percent. For Americans over 65, women say religion is “very important” 64 percent to men’s 50 percent.
“Young men have had the slight edge in religious affiliation since 2020-2021,” the study found. “Meanwhile, religious identity among all older age groups of men and women is now at or near its low points in the trends since 2000-2001.”
These are remarkable numbers. They indicate that Millennial, Gen X, and Boomer American men are less serious about religion than their female counterparts. Gen Z, however, is the sole group whose male cohort is more serious about religion than their female counterparts. If there is a generation that could bring America back to its moral foundations and a more traditional society, surely these numbers indicate it would be them.
At the same time, one cannot forget that Gen Z is the most pro-abortion of any generation. An articlepublished on The Hill in 2022 found that “72 percent of Americans aged 18-29, which combines Generation Z with the youngest Millennials, believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared with 64 percent of all Americans 30 and over.” It also found that “71 percent of Gen Z women, those born after 1996, think abortion should be legal in all or most cases, compared with 59 percent of Gen Z men.”
The future is definitely bright for America if Gen Z can reverse the trends of those who came before them. But it is not a guarantee, as there are certainly major divisions within their generation on crucial issues that will impact life, family, and faith. This is a battle more Christians must engage in to help win the culture wars.
