Gen V has a woke score of 82/100, which means it is heavily driven by woke themes. Gen V is a satirical superhero drama and spin-off of The Boys. It follows young supes at Godolkin University, a Vought-run college where students compete for spots on elite teams while uncovering the corporation's secret experiments on powered people in a facility called The Woods. The show mixes gore, sex, and college drama with critiques of corporate power and features a major bigender shape-shifting character whose gender identity and family rejection form a recurring storyline, plus diverse casting and themes of personal identity and institutional control that draw both praise for representation and complaints about progressive messaging.

Is there DEI in Gen V?

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Representation / casting choices, Institutional / cultural critique. At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

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Gen V

Woke Score

82/ 100

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Factors & Ratings

These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Gen V.

Representation / casting choices

Prominent bigender/non-binary central character Jordan Li played by two actors across gender forms with explicit identity arc and family conflict; visibly diverse ethnic casting with Black female lead and Asian leads in key roles; identity signaling is audience-visible and central rather than background.

65 / 100

Political / ideological dialogue

Satirical attacks on corrupt corporations and authoritarian figures carry over from The Boys; Season 2 engages identity politics and "good vs. bad categories" of people more directly through student attitudes and supe-human conflict.

45 / 100

Identity-driven story themes

Jordan Li's gender-shifting powers and bigender identity drive major character development and emotional arcs; eating disorders and mental health struggles are tied to powers and self-image; queer and identity exploration is front-and-center with creator emphasis.

70 / 100

Institutional / cultural critique

Vought portrayed as exploitative corporation that weaponizes identity for profit while running abusive experiments; critiques of power structures, supe supremacy, and control mirror real-world debates on institutions and categories of people in a left-leaning satirical frame.

Gen V

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