Shocking Poll Results: Here's How The Majority Of Americans Feel About Gender Ideology

By Casey Holley | Sunday, 07 May 2023 04:30 PM
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Gender identity is a major source of debate these days.

The Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post conducted a poll from November 10 through December 1 to determine how Americans feel about gender identity. The results provided insight into various points of discussion.

According to the Daily Caller, the majority of respondents to the poll rejected the idea that a person’s gender can be different than their sex at birth.

The poll showed that 43 percent of respondents believed that a person could be a gender other than what they were born with. The remaining 57 percent believe that sex at birth determines gender.

The poll found that 57 percent of adults believed gender was determined at birth, and 43 percent believed gender could be different than one’s sex at birth.

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Poll results supported gender-affirming counseling for minors, but participants opposed children receiving hormonal treatments under medical supervision.

For children ages 10 to 14 years old, 68 percent of adults opposed puberty blockers. For children 15 to 17, 58 percent of respondents opposed hormones. Between 62 percent and 66 percent supported gender-affirming counseling for those age groups.

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Regarding sports and gender identity, the results showed between 62 percent and 66 percent note that males identifying as females shouldn’t be allowed to take part in female sports from the youngest level to the professional level. A comment to the post by Americo Lopes comparing transgender athletes to individuals using steroids said, “I think there is an advantage [for trans women], and you can’t put your head in the sand and pretend there isn’t.” “There is an advantage.”

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The poll also showed that people become more open to lessons about gender identity in the classroom as students get older. For high school students, only 36 percent of respondents opposed gender identity lessons in the classroom. For middle school students, 52 percent of respondents opposed these teachings. The number rose to 70 percent for fourth and fifth-grade students and increased again to 77 percent who opposed gender-identity lessons for kindergartners through third graders.

Between 65 percent and 71 percent of the poll respondents noted they supported legislation that bans discrimination against transgender individuals in areas such as work, housing, medicine, education, and health insurance.

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