Our NBC News Decision Desk poll asked Gen Z adults (18-29 years old) what they consider important to a successful life. The combination of gender and politics produced two very different sets of priorities:
Replying to @SteveKornacki
Men thinking emotional stability isn’t important really sums up the Joe Rogan sphere of douches

Sep 8, 2025 · 2:33 PM UTC

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Emotionally stable men are right-wing.
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Hate to break it to you: Men DONT THINK about “emotional stability”, period. We don’t have time for that
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It's not a priority because they already have it.
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You have it quite backwards. The demo in question (conservative males) have extremely low rates of positive mental illness diagnosis and the other (liberal females) leads all demos (by multiples). Liberal males and conservative females are both closer to average.
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If men are already emotionally stable, they’re not worrying about it.
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Men don’t think about emotional stability while they are building stable lives and families. Men don’t think about emotional stability while they are protecting the ones they love from the cruelty that life and others can throw at us. Men don’t think about emotional stability while they do the tough hard things that make others lives better.
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Men are just generally more emotionally stable already, so it's not something we think about a lot. Also this chart doesn't imply that it's not important, only that it's less important than some other things.
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Emotional stability is only important if you're emotionally unstable. Which is something kind of gay.
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And yet it's leftists who in study after study are shown to be less emotionally stable. We don't need to think about emotional stability, we ARE stable.
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Do you know how men get emotional stability? By protecting and providing for those around them. By achieving goals - personal and professional. Do the list above emotional stability and you've guaranteed yourself emotional stability.
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Only women and effeminate men care about emotions.
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We already have it, unlike the Kamala women voters.
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It's not that responsible men don't value emotional stability, we just see it as a given. Like not going to jail. In order to build a family and a career you have to be stable and strong. We don't brag about our "neurospiciness" and list of psychiatric disorders.
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One does not seek "emotional stability" as a priority when they already have it.
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Im sorry, what?
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Men don't need emotional stability to do any of those other things. We can suffer in silence while putting others first.
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😆 bless your heart Masculinity allows for the stability you’re talking about
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We aren't built for it. Women are. There are differences between men and women that go beyond their physical characteristics.
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Emotionally stable people don't think about being "emotionally stable", so therefore they don't prioritize it, because to them, it just is.....
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Its like ranking oxygen really high. They just take it for granted.
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Normal men, those who didn't vote for Harris, are already emotionally stable. The level of selfishness of women who voted for Harris is off the charts, as we already knew.
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Family oriented men, are inherently stable and put others in front of their own needs. There’s no need to rank emotional stability as a priority; it’s a given to men that already give themselves to family; to service, and to their community. PS - have you ever listened to a Joe Rogan podcast? You seem completely out touch with reality and what is being discussed… almost as if you live in a vacuum, echo chamber, and taking everything that is told to you, is true. Open up a bit. You’d be pleasantly surprised.
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Not really. Many men refuse to be redefined by ever growing mental health babble. People grounded in Christ do not need that counterfeit trap.
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you missed the point. being that we are already stable, we do not prioritize it. it is already a given.
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It is important. It’s just least important for conservative males because it’s less afflicting than its impact on liberal women. It’s not an issue the pervasive way seen on the left.
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Men aren't allowed to have emotions
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What IS emotional stability?
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I think most RW Trump voters just don’t see that as a problem at all so not a value add to personal goals since they already are. Single left wing women - - 40% are on SSRIs
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Why is this even an issue? How hard is it to be emotionally stable? Isn't this the default?
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Most men are emotionally stable by default
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The emotionally stable don’t think about it.
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You’re the same pos that probably thinks a woman that cut off her breasts and identifies as a man is a man. So your opinions are invalid from the get go
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What in the world is "emotional stability"???
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They take it for granted because they aren't mentally ill like leftists
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Yet women think it’s the 3rd highest priority and yet so many women are emotionally unstable. Men don’t think it’s priority possibly because most men are emotionally stable.
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All these narcissists in the replies are cracking me up 🤣
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