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https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2016/05/13/low-young-masculinity-britain
What happened to the people in UK? Apparently the men have become less masculine and the women have become less feminine. Is this just an English phenomenon, or is this happening in other modern western countries?
New YouGov research reveals the scale of the generational shift in terms of how young British people perceive their own masculinity, and to a lesser extent femininity. On a scale of 0-6, where 0 is completely masculine and 6 is completely feminine, only 2% of young men (aged 18-24) define themselves as totally masculine, compared to fully 56% of men over 65.
Even including the second highest level of masculinity, there's a 56% gap between male 18-24s (18% at level 0 or 1) and over 65s (74%), and a 28% gap between 25-49s (46%) and over 65s.
There is a dramatic difference between young and old women on their self-defined level of femininity as well, but not quite as large. Only 39% of 18-24 year old women say they are almost entirely feminine (at level 5 or 6) compared to 77% of over 65s.
Both young men and young women have a lower opinion of 'masculinity' than older people, but young men are harsher critics of the concept than young women. In contrast, the majority of young men (58%) have a positive impression of 'femininity', as do the majority of young women (55%). Overall 'femininity' has a net positivity score of +56 compared to +44 for 'masculinity'.
What happened to the people in UK? Apparently the men have become less masculine and the women have become less feminine. Is this just an English phenomenon, or is this happening in other modern western countries?