A new global study on gender attitudes by King’s College London and Ipsos, covering 29 countries and more than 23,000 people aged 18-75, raises some fascinating and worrying questions.
( REPORT: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-third-of-gen-z-men-agree-a-wife-should-obey-her-husband ; https://www.kcl.ac.uk/assets/news/iwd-2026-global-charts-final.pdf )
The findings really got me thinking. If Gen Z men are becoming more traditional, in some cases even more traditional than their grandfathers while Gen Z women are becoming more progressive and identifying as feminists, what happens next? Will they struggle to find partners? And what does this widening divide mean for relationships, marriage, and the future of gender equality?
In this episode of India: A Story in the Making, Leaving Men Behind, I sit down with Professor Heejung Chung, Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, to unpack the findings.
We talk about:
• Why Gen Z men appear to be moving toward more traditional gender attitudes
• Whether the “tradwife” trend on social media reflects reality
• Why many young women feel men have not kept pace with change
• What this could mean for relationships and family life
• And why India emerges as one of the most fascinating, and complex cases in the study Some of the findings about India genuinely blew me away.
If gender roles, expectations, and the changing dynamics between men and women in the Gen Z world, and how Gen X, Boomers and Millennials fit into this shift interests you, then Leaving Men Behind, is the episode for you.
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About the GUEST
Prof. Heejung ChungDirector, Global Institute for Women’s LeadershipProfessor of Work and Employment, King’s College London (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/heejung-chung)
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