Claire Cain Miller
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What about you, Claire? I think millennial women are strivers. They are ambitious and they're about achieving a lot. And I think Gen Z women, not to say they're not ambitious, but they have more of a sense of a balance and self-care and this idea that work should not be their main thing and that they should be able to stand up for themselves in that way.
What about you, Claire? I think millennial women are strivers. They are ambitious and they're about achieving a lot. And I think Gen Z women, not to say they're not ambitious, but they have more of a sense of a balance and self-care and this idea that work should not be their main thing and that they should be able to stand up for themselves in that way.
What about you, Claire? I think millennial women are strivers. They are ambitious and they're about achieving a lot. And I think Gen Z women, not to say they're not ambitious, but they have more of a sense of a balance and self-care and this idea that work should not be their main thing and that they should be able to stand up for themselves in that way.
So in general, young people tend to be more liberal. And there's this idea that you get more conservative as you age when you start paying more income taxes and you have kids and want to move to the suburbs and start having these conservative ideas. On the other hand...
So in general, young people tend to be more liberal. And there's this idea that you get more conservative as you age when you start paying more income taxes and you have kids and want to move to the suburbs and start having these conservative ideas. On the other hand...
So in general, young people tend to be more liberal. And there's this idea that you get more conservative as you age when you start paying more income taxes and you have kids and want to move to the suburbs and start having these conservative ideas. On the other hand...
You know, I think there's a significant amount of political science I've read that disputes that fact a little and suggests that what's happening politically when you come of age, when you're around 18, really affects your lifelong views. And so it might just be about this moment in time that these young women are living in.
You know, I think there's a significant amount of political science I've read that disputes that fact a little and suggests that what's happening politically when you come of age, when you're around 18, really affects your lifelong views. And so it might just be about this moment in time that these young women are living in.
You know, I think there's a significant amount of political science I've read that disputes that fact a little and suggests that what's happening politically when you come of age, when you're around 18, really affects your lifelong views. And so it might just be about this moment in time that these young women are living in.
So that same Gallup data shows that the turning point when young women just became way more liberal is 2016. So yes, I think it has a lot to do with Donald Trump. I called a bunch of young women voters and asked them about this. And they sort of described this triple punch. First, Hillary Clinton, who was on track to become the first female president, lost to Donald Trump.
So that same Gallup data shows that the turning point when young women just became way more liberal is 2016. So yes, I think it has a lot to do with Donald Trump. I called a bunch of young women voters and asked them about this. And they sort of described this triple punch. First, Hillary Clinton, who was on track to become the first female president, lost to Donald Trump.
So that same Gallup data shows that the turning point when young women just became way more liberal is 2016. So yes, I think it has a lot to do with Donald Trump. I called a bunch of young women voters and asked them about this. And they sort of described this triple punch. First, Hillary Clinton, who was on track to become the first female president, lost to Donald Trump.
Shortly thereafter was Me Too. And then shortly thereafter, Roe v. Wade was overturned. This is also this generation of girls who was really, truly raised to believe that they could be anything that they wanted to be. This was the first generation of girls that was really out casing boys in school. And so in a way, this was all this big awakening. It really didn't fit with what they had been told.
Shortly thereafter was Me Too. And then shortly thereafter, Roe v. Wade was overturned. This is also this generation of girls who was really, truly raised to believe that they could be anything that they wanted to be. This was the first generation of girls that was really out casing boys in school. And so in a way, this was all this big awakening. It really didn't fit with what they had been told.
Shortly thereafter was Me Too. And then shortly thereafter, Roe v. Wade was overturned. This is also this generation of girls who was really, truly raised to believe that they could be anything that they wanted to be. This was the first generation of girls that was really out casing boys in school. And so in a way, this was all this big awakening. It really didn't fit with what they had been told.
And as they entered adulthood, there were all of a sudden these major things happening, showing them that sexism was in fact still rampant.
And as they entered adulthood, there were all of a sudden these major things happening, showing them that sexism was in fact still rampant.
And as they entered adulthood, there were all of a sudden these major things happening, showing them that sexism was in fact still rampant.
I think it's one of many ways that young men and women are diverging. So they're voting differently. They're going to college at different rates. They're going to church at different rates. Young men are becoming more religious compared with young women.
I think it's one of many ways that young men and women are diverging. So they're voting differently. They're going to college at different rates. They're going to church at different rates. Young men are becoming more religious compared with young women.