Study finds young people increasingly defying expectations, embracing traditional gender roles

Published April 1, 2017 12:07am ET



A new study of high school seniors from the Council of Contemporary Families is raising eyebrows this week.

The results of the study, which analyzes the results of a survey that’s tracked the opinions of high school seniors’ for 40 years, suggest that young people are increasingly likely to support traditional gender roles in the home — a finding that seems surprising given society’s increasingly progressive outlook on gender.

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