{"id":2425,"date":"2026-07-09T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:28:08","slug":"religions-longstanding-gender-gap-is-narrowing-among-gen-z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=2425","title":{"rendered":"Religion\u2019s Longstanding Gender Gap Is Narrowing Among Gen Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">The rise of the \u201cmanosphere\u201d\u2014a term that refers to online content directed at boys and men and has generated controversy for spreading misogynistic views and hostile attitudes towards women\u2014could also be a factor, says Melissa Deckman, the chief executive officer of PRRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Religious leaders, though, say that they haven\u2019t seen in their own congregations that young people are more affiliated with one political party than another. They instead suggest that young men are turning toward religion as part of a broader \u201creligious revival\u201d in the age group\u2014though political scientists say that this claim isn\u2019t reflected in data collected in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 id=\"are-young-women-becoming-less-religious\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 font-editorial text-black-coffee text-mobile-h2 lg:scroll-mt-28 lg:text-h2 mb-4\">Are young women becoming less religious?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Many political scientists attribute the narrowing of the gender gap in religiosity to more young women turning away from religion rather than more young men turning toward it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">\u201cAre young men becoming more religious, I think, is a very contested question from a data perspective,\u201d says Burge, of Washington University in St. Louis. \u201cThere\u2019s just too much noise in the data to have a really clear signal. There\u2019s much more of a signal on the women\u2019s side\u2014like almost all those metrics are pointing to a decline in religiosity among women.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rise of the \u201cmanosphere\u201d\u2014a term that refers to online content directed at boys and men and has generated controversy for spreading misogynistic views and hostile attitudes towards women\u2014could also be a factor, says Melissa Deckman, the chief executive officer of PRRI. 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