Poll finds half of Americans want a return to traditional gender roles

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM PDT

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Here & Now‘s Jane Clayson speaks with Mel Leonor Barclay, a politics reporter for our editorial partner, The 19th, about their new poll that shows that half of Americans believe men and women would be better off if they returned to traditional gender roles at work and home.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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