Poll: 44% of polled millennials think misgendering should be a crime

KARAH RUCKER: THE MAJORITY OF MILLENNIALS BELIEVE MISGENDERING SHOULD BE A CRIME. ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL, 44% OF PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 25 TO 34 SAY THAT REFERRING TO SOMEONE BY THE WRONG GENDER PRONOUN (HE/HIM, SHE/HER) SHOULD BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, VERSUS 31% WHO DISAGREE. 

THE REMAINDER ANSWERED EITHER “NEITHER” OR “DON’T KNOW”. 

ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH CENTER, A MILLENNIAL IS SOMEONE BETWEEN 27 AND 42 YEARS OLD. BUT THE VIEW ALSO REMAINS POPULAR FOR THOSE AGED 35 TO 44. 

THE REDFIELD & WILTON STRATEGIES SURVEY FOR NEWSWEEK POLLED 1,500 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE U.S. INCLUDING GENERATION Z AMERICANS AGED 18 TO 24. AMONG ALL AGE CATEGORIES THAT CONTAIN MILLENNIALS, MORE PEOPLE THINK MISGENDERING SHOULD BE ILLEGAL THAN LEGAL. BUT NOTABLY GENERATION Z AMERICANS ARE LESS KEEN ON MAKING MISGENDERING A CRIME THAN OLDER MILLENNIALS. 

THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT MORE AMERICANS WOULD REFER TO BOTH TRANSGENDER MEN AND WOMEN BY THEIR REQUESTED PRONOUNS THAN WOULD REFUSE TO DO SO.