Explaining the Widening Gender Ideological Gap in Recent Years: The Roles of Pandemic, Social Media, and Generative AI

Mengyao Dong

doi:10.54691/qg6e5g95

Authors

Mengyao Dong Hangzhou HGW High School-International Track, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54691/qg6e5g95

Keywords:

Gender ideological polarization, gender political divide, algorithmic polarization, information cocoons, generative AI bias.

Abstract

This article examines the widening ideological gap between men and women through three contemporary factors: the COVID-19 pandemic, social media, and generative artificial intelligence. It argues that gendered experiences of economic insecurity, identity-based online communities, algorithmic filtering, and AI-related stereotypes and employment risks have pushed men and women toward increasingly divergent political positions. Together, these developments reinforce gender-based polarization and deepen the contemporary ideological divide.

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