Australia’s gen Z men aren’t monsters in the making – they just feel short-changed | Intifar Chowdhury

Instead of alarmism or shaming, we need to create spaces where young men feel heard, challenged and supported

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For years, we’ve looked at democracies like the US, Germany and South Korea, disturbed by what a nation divided along gender and generation lines could look like. Australia, by comparison, seemed less polarised, but new research hints that something’s starting to shift – slowly, unevenly and with plenty of caveats – among young Australians too.

But let’s not jump the gun – because the story is more complicated than it first appears, and framing “young men” as a purely reactionary force isn’t going to get us anywhere helpful.

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