NY Times - First time in modern American history, more young Christian men than women

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Church membership has been dropping in the United States for years. But within Gen Z, almost 40 percent of women now describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated, compared with 34 percent of men, according to a survey last year of more than 5,000 Americans by the Survey Center on American Life at the American Enterprise Institute.

In every other age group, men were more likely to be unaffiliated.

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The men and women of Gen Z are also on divergent trajectories in almost every facet of their lives, including education, sexuality and spirituality.

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Young women are still spiritual and seeking, according to surveys of religious life. But they came of age as the #MeToo movement opened a national conversation about sexual harassment and gender-based abuse, which inspired widespread exposures of abuse in church settings under the hashtag #ChurchToo. And the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 compelled many of them to begin paying closer attention to reproductive rights.

Young men have different concerns. They are less educated than their female peers. In major cities, including New York and Washington, they earn less.

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About two-thirds of women ages 18 to 29 say that “most churches and religious congregations” do not treat men and women equally, the Survey Center on American Life found.

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Opening more official roles to women, though, may not win them back: Many of the largest liberal denominations that ordain women are in steep decline.

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Inside the World of Gen Z
The generation of people born between 1997 and 2012 is changing fashion, culture, politics, the workplace and more.
For the first time in modern American history, young men are now more religious than their female peers. They attend services more often and are more likely to identify as religious.

Many of Harvard’s Generation Z say “sellout” is not an insult, instead it appears to mean something strikingly corporate-minded.

A younger generation of crossword constructors is using an old form to reflect their identities, language and world. Here’s how Gen Z made the puzzle their own.

For many Gen-Zers without much disposable income, Facebook isn’t a place to socialize online — it’s where they can get deals on items they wouldn’t normally be able to afford.

Dating apps are struggling to live up to investors’ expectations. Blame the members of Generation Z, who are often not willing to shell out for paid subscriptions.

Young people tend to lean more liberal on issues pertaining to relationship norms. But when it comes to dating, the idea that men should pay in heterosexual courtships still prevails among Gen Z-ers.

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