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Date and Time
September 9, 2025
5–7 PM CDT
Location
Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 160 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL
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What’s driving the deepening divide between young men and women in America? From social media to speech codes, parenting norms to political movements, Gen Z is coming of age in a moment of rising gender polarization. Join New York Times columnist David French and New York Post journalist and coauthor of The Canceling of the American Mind Rikki Schlott for a candid conversation on the forces reshaping identity, liberty, and civil discourse—and what it means for the future of a free society.

For more information, please contact Serena Home at (202) 218‑4602 / shome@​cato.​org.

Schedule

5:00 - 5:45 PM

Reception

5:45 - 6:15 PM

Welcoming Remarks and Cato’s Vision for Liberty

Peter Goettler, President and CEO, Cato Institute
Alex Nowrasteh, Vice President for Economic and Social Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Moderated by Harrison Moar, Vice President for Development, Cato Institute

6:15 - 7:00 PM

The Gen Z Gender Divide: Politics, Parenting, and Polarization in a Free Society

Rikki Schlott, Journalist, New York Post; co-author, The Canceling of the American Mind
David French, Columnist, New York Times

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