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31% of Gen Z men believe wife should 'obey her husband,' study finds

A global study of 23,000 people found 31% of Gen Z men endorse traditional wife obedience, more than twice the 13% of Baby Boomer men, highlighting a generational shift in gender-role views.

  • A study polling 23,000 people across 29 countries showed 31 percent of Generation Z men say a wife should always obey and 33 percent say a husband should have the final word.
  • Generation Z men, the youngest adult cohort, showed unexpectedly traditional expectations in the survey, with Kelly Beaver saying, "This year’s survey shows us that we are witnessing perhaps a great re-negotiation of how both men and women inhabit gender roles in today’s society."
  • Specific survey items show almost a quarter of Gen Z men oppose women appearing too independent, over one in five view caregiving as less masculine, and one in five said a "real woman" should never initiate sex.
  • Report authors emphasized the value of the study for debate, with Julia Gillard noting, "many Gen Z men are imposing limits on women and themselves.
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The above shows that almost 1/3 of the men of the Z generation believe that the wife must obey the husband;

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Of all men, the Gen-Z generation seems to have more and more problems with the modern world. Horrible figures on World Women's Day.

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Many Gen Z men think that a woman should always obey her husband and that he should always have the final say on important decisions.

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Newsweek broke the news in United States on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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