Giovani nel Regno Unito più probabili rispetto alle donne di vivere con i genitori | Il Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/23/men-women-society-uk-housing-parents-women
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Giovani nel Regno Unito più probabili rispetto alle donne di vivere con i genitori | Il Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/23/men-women-society-uk-housing-parents-women
di Gerstlauer
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And then down in paragraph 5:
‘This reflects a trend seen across Europe’
Ok – so it’s NOT specifically a UK thing.
For anyone interested, I work in a sector that helps struggling people try and get into jobs.
70%+ of people struggling are male according to our internal statistics. (last I checked)
Are more men withdrawing from society like in parts of Asia?
Women are paid more at a younger age, men over take them later on in life
So we’re going to have specific and targeted support for men and boys now that they’re the ones lagging behind right?
If women on average have partners a few years above their own age, isn’t that part of the reason? They’ll be able to move out sooner with a dual income.
How does that work if the ratio of men to women is about the same.
Women living with other women? Women living alone by choice?
Yeah because it’s way more common for women to live with an older male partner than vice versa.
Not really suprising tbh. Women generally go out with older guys specifically because they have stability and a house. Equally, women are far more likely to get council houses especially if they already have kids where as single men basically have no chance. Easiest way to save for a deposit is to live with parents, job done.
We told the world the future was female and cancelled anyone who “whinged” about it. We preferentially hired women – the equalities minister (that has still never been a man btw) is even one, gave girls more opportunities, and heavily criticised anything remotely masculine (like competence and competition). What did we expect?
Can we have a minister for men yet, or does that still make me an ‘incel’?
Women pop out a kid and they can get housed. Men get told to jog on.
34 isn’t really “young”.
If you’re still living with your parents at that age you f’d up somewhere.
Plenty of rooms for rent are clearly stated as women-only.
Women can get pregnant, pretend to be single and get a house. That’s it.
George Orwell observed similar in 1933 Down and Out in Paris and London
Generally most women can easily find some man to live with, if she desperately wants to move out of her parents house
Men struggle to do the same
It’s also why there are more homeless men than women
He observed this in both France and UK
Younger men have less motivation to move out since generally they have a better relationship with their parents.
I’m 40, decent income and gay and I have found the rental market very restricted as so many properties are only on offer to women. Being young, male and not on 100k a year must be a nightmare…
My partner ended up moving back in with his parents when his ex left him.
To be fair in that time we’ve been together it’s enabled him to save for a deposit, and we’re not far off being able to get our own place.
Personally I never loved with mine after moving out for uni cos they quite lovingly told me in my final year if uni “you understand you’ve moved out and this is no longer home and there’s no coming back after uni?” 😬 (Despite all 3 of my siblings being welcomed back). When I split with my ex (who cheated and was abusive) my parents didn’t offer to help at all…I mean my mum did say “but who’s going to pay the rent if he moves out?” But that was it really.
Interesting, so what are young women doing differently not to live with parents?
That’s because wages here are so low we can’t afford half a million quid
Men went into tech/engineering and these were the first fields superseded by AI
I am 23 and I am currently saving for a house with my boyfriend while we both live at home. We are looking at buying within the next year.
My friends that are women have moved out or have large deposits and have plans to move out. Majority of my friends that are men seem to have absolutely no desire to move out or any motivation. I know many even nearing their 30s that still live at home with their parents and zero plans to look for houses and move out. And tbh a lot of it isn’t the case of people having no money because some of these people are on more money than me and house prices are extremely cheap around here as well. I don’t know why there is such a difference between my friends that are men vs women but its something ive noticed. The only men I know who have moved out have moved in with their girlfriends. I just find it strange because I want nothing more than to buy a house and no longer live at home.