There is a national discussion going on about whether there are not just two genders (male and female) but if there are a spectrum of genders in between.
There is a national discussion going on about whether there are not just two genders (male and female) but if there are a spectrum of genders in between. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements regarding this conversation?
Wording notes: asked only of men - the design deliberately isolates male reaction rather than reporting a gender crosstab | the preamble presents the existence of the debate as fact without taking a side, but framing it as a 'national discussion' about 'whether' there are more than two genders does put the question of trans and non-binary existence up for public adjudication | the nine sub-items are asymmetric in valence: five are negative (attacked, annoyed/angry, values threatened, excluded, rights taken away, against religious beliefs), two positive (learned a lot, feel included), one neutral-positive (men have an important role) | no 'don't know' offered; large 'neither agree nor disagree' shares (21-43%)
unclear — The stem is even-handed, but the sub-item set is not balanced in valence - six of nine possible reactions are negative or grievance-framed, and only two invite a positive response. That imbalance means the battery is better read as a menu of grievance options than as a neutral inventory of reactions. Recorded in full because the results are substantively important: 44% of men agree they worry they will be attacked for saying what they think, 40% say the conversation makes them annoyed or angry, and 35% feel their values are threatened, while 36% say they have learned a lot from it.
Subgroup figures (18)
gender
| Group | Total agree (Net) | Total disagree (Net) |
|---|---|---|
| Men - I feel men have an important role to play in this conversation | 64% | 8% |
| Men - I worry that if I say what I'm thinking, I will be attacked | 44% | 35% |
| Men - Hearing the conversation usually makes me annoyed or angry | 40% | 36% |
| Men - I have learned a lot from that conversation | 36% | 29% |
| Men - I feel like my values are being threatened | 35% | 40% |
| Men - I feel excluded from that conversation | 31% | 26% |
| Men - I feel this goes against my religious beliefs | 31% | 49% |
| Men - I worry that my rights are being taken away | 29% | 48% |
| Men - I feel included in that conversation | 27% | 34% |