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High school boys are trending conservative (thehill.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trashhalo to c/politics

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While many believe young people are becoming more liberal, data shows that 12th grade boys are nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative compared to liberal. Around 25% of high school seniors identify as conservative while only 13% identify as liberal. In contrast, the share of 12th grade girls identifying as liberal has risen to 30%. Many factors may contribute to this trend, including the rhetoric of Donald Trump which appealed to disaffected young men, and the focus of progressive movements on issues of gender and racial equality which some young men perceive as a "matriarchy." However, most high school seniors claim no political identity, and many boys in high school do not actively discuss

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[–] xxkickassjackxx@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

They’ll grow out of it when they enter the job market. I was conservative in high school too until I moved out of mom and dads and realized that our society has created nothing worth conserving for anyone under the age of 50. Nothing will make you radical like realizing you will likely never be able afford a home and children.

[–] Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends on their location imo

Rural area, you're more likely to grow INTO it when you enter a blue collar job.

[–] shiveyarbles 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah the idea that republicans give a shit about blue collar workers is hilarious.

[–] xxkickassjackxx@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Possibly. I did blue collar work for years after university and became more left leaning.

[–] cobra89 5 points 1 year ago

I feel like the part of the country matters a lot.

[–] arefx@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

I don't know. I don't have any answers, but I'm not this optimistic. Our education system has been in decline, many (not all) people aren't as educated as they should be, and might not even realize they are wrong. Average people are kinda stupid.