Most Americans Side With J.K. Rowling: Only Two Genders - Demographic Details
Download
See Article
See Toplines
Platinum Page
| National Survey of 1,000 American Adults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conducted December 21-22, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are two genders, male and female. | Critics have recently accused "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling of engaging in "hate speech" toward transgender people for saying that there are two biologically distinct genders. Do you agree with J.K. Rowling, or is it "hate speech" to say there are on | Should schools and teachers be allowed to counsel students on their sexual and gender identities without parental knowledge or consent? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | You agree with J.K. Rowling | It is hate speech | Not sure | Yes | No | Not sure | ||
| Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are two genders, male and female. | Strongly agree | 62% | 68% | 56% | 57% | 65% | 65% | 60% | 70% | 52% | 57% | 63% | 68% | 55% | 82% | 47% | 60% | 66% | 58% | 62% | 61% | 62% | 67% | 60% | 59% | 40% | 62% | 57% | 69% | 61% | 64% | 58% | 63% | 61% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 83% | 26% | 37% | 33% | 74% | 39% |
| Somewhat agree | 13% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 9% | 11% | 16% | 10% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 11% | 15% | 7% | 14% | 16% | 18% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 11% | 11% | 17% | 18% | 11% | 15% | |
| Somewhat disagree | 9% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 10% | 3% | 10% | 2% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 18% | 8% | 18% | 4% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 5% | 16% | |
| Strongly disagree | 9% | 6% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 3% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 7% | 11% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 18% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 1% | 35% | 11% | 28% | 4% | 10% | |
| Not sure | 7% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 6% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 11% | 3% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 2% | 8% | 19% | 3% | 6% | 20% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are two genders, male and female. | Critics have recently accused "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling of engaging in "hate speech" toward transgender people for saying that there are two biologically distinct genders. Do you agree with J.K. Rowling, or is it "hate speech" to say there are on | Should schools and teachers be allowed to counsel students on their sexual and gender identities without parental knowledge or consent? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | You agree with J.K. Rowling | It is hate speech | Not sure | Yes | No | Not sure | ||
| Critics have recently accused "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling of engaging in "hate speech" toward transgender people for saying that there are two biologically distinct genders. Do you agree with J.K. Rowling, or is it "hate speech" to say there are only two genders? | You agree with J.K. Rowling | 58% | 65% | 52% | 59% | 61% | 51% | 66% | 65% | 52% | 52% | 60% | 52% | 59% | 78% | 41% | 60% | 63% | 53% | 62% | 56% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 60% | 55% | 56% | 60% | 68% | 60% | 55% | 52% | 62% | 56% | 78% | 52% | 20% | 8% | 15% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 41% | 68% | 32% |
| It is hate speech | 17% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 17% | 22% | 13% | 15% | 16% | 20% | 15% | 18% | 20% | 8% | 29% | 12% | 15% | 19% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 20% | 16% | 23% | 10% | 14% | 17% | 13% | 15% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 7% | 15% | 35% | 63% | 20% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 33% | 10% | 28% | |
| Not sure | 25% | 20% | 29% | 26% | 22% | 28% | 21% | 19% | 32% | 28% | 25% | 29% | 21% | 14% | 30% | 28% | 21% | 28% | 23% | 25% | 29% | 20% | 25% | 17% | 35% | 30% | 23% | 19% | 26% | 24% | 28% | 20% | 28% | 15% | 33% | 44% | 29% | 65% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 26% | 21% | 40% | |
| Total | Gender | Age | <40> | Race | Party | Married | Children at Home | Income | Employment | Investor | Do you agree or disagree with this statement: There are two genders, male and female. | Critics have recently accused "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling of engaging in "hate speech" toward transgender people for saying that there are two biologically distinct genders. Do you agree with J.K. Rowling, or is it "hate speech" to say there are on | Should schools and teachers be allowed to counsel students on their sexual and gender identities without parental knowledge or consent? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | Men | Women | 18-39 | 40-64 | 65+ | < Men | Men 40+ | < Wom | Wom 40+ | White | Black | Other | Republican | Democrat | Other | Married | Non Married | Yes | No | Under $30K | $30K-$50K | $50K-$100K | $100K-$200K | $200K+ | Not sure | Gov't | Entrepreneur | Prvt. Co. | Retired | Other | Yes | No | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Not sure | You agree with J.K. Rowling | It is hate speech | Not sure | Yes | No | Not sure | ||
| Should schools and teachers be allowed to counsel students on their sexual and gender identities without parental knowledge or consent? | Yes | 19% | 18% | 20% | 27% | 15% | 14% | 29% | 15% | 37% | 16% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 12% | 30% | 14% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 17% | 20% | 26% | 34% | 14% | 28% | 19% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 40% | 56% | 7% | 13% | 38% | 20% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| No | 68% | 72% | 64% | 64% | 71% | 70% | 66% | 73% | 49% | 68% | 68% | 70% | 65% | 80% | 54% | 72% | 69% | 66% | 69% | 67% | 65% | 72% | 70% | 64% | 61% | 63% | 64% | 73% | 70% | 67% | 63% | 70% | 66% | 81% | 58% | 37% | 30% | 55% | 79% | 41% | 58% | 0% | 100% | 0% | |
| Not sure | 13% | 11% | 15% | 10% | 14% | 17% | 6% | 12% | 13% | 16% | 10% | 20% | 16% | 7% | 16% | 15% | 12% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 19% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 23% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 10% | 15% | 8% | 15% | 23% | 14% | 38% | 7% | 21% | 21% | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
| Survey Demographics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Men | 48% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | 52% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | 62% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black | 15% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 23% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Republican | 29% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Democrat | 36% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 36% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
