25-05-2025
More than a third of white men fear they're being held back at work because of their race and gender - with 'millions walking on eggshells' in the office 'too scared to speak freely'
More than a third of young white men in Britain fear they are losing out on promotions because of their race and gender, a new poll has revealed.
The survey by JL Partners found 36 per cent of white men held concerns about being held back at work.
It also found two-fifths (41 per cent) of white men feel anxious that they can be sacked for doing or saying the wrong thing.
And almost half of white men (46 per cent) now censor jokes or give honest, but respectful, feedback to colleagues because of a fear it could affect their careers.
It was claimed the findings showed how 'millions of men are walking around on eggshells at work too scared to speak freely'.
There were also warnings that male despondency about their futures was 'pushing men towards populism' and social media 'influencers' such as Andrew Tate.
JL Partners polled a nationally representative sample of 823 white adult men across the UK.
The survey was commissioned as part of a new YouTube and podcast series called 'White Men Can't Work'.
It also showed that nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of white men think they are discriminated against because of their race or gender.
More than one in three (34 per cent) of white men now think that white men are the least valued workers in their workplace.
And nearly one in three white men (31 per cent) said they think their sons will have fewer opportunities because of their race or gender, the survey found.
Award-winning documentary-maker Tim Samuels, the former host of the BBC show Men's Hour, has created the 'White Men Can't Work' series.
He said: 'Millions of men are walking around on eggshells at work too scared to speak freely - whilst knowing that being male can now be a disaster for your career.
'The scale of discrimination, self-censorship and anxiety is staggering.
'White Men Can't Work has spoken to guys who've been sacked literally just for being men, or pushed out over crazy micro-aggression such as talking about the male and female ends of cables.
'Younger men are very despondent about their futures. All this is pushing men towards populism and the likes of Andrew Tate.
'Of course racism and sexism have to be stamped out but our biggest companies and institutions have implemented a very divisive and ideological form of DEI that demonises white men, disregards free speech and, when you look at the data, doesn't even help those it was meant to.
'We need smarter ways to tackle discrimination that actually work.'
Tate, a self-described misogynist, has amassed millions of social media followers in recent years, often with expletive-laden rants about women.
Police chiefs have cautioned about the impact of male 'influencers' such as him.
The first episode of White Men Can't Work will be released tomorrow on YouTube, Apple podcasts and Spotify.
