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Males are more dominant than females, and they possess more political power and occupy higher status positions illustrating the iron law of androcracy. [18] As a role gets more powerful, Putnam’s law of increasing disproportion [19] becomes applicable and the probability the role is occupied by a hegemonic group member increases. [20] [21]
Evaluations by other people find that women are more effective leaders than men, especially in business and educational contexts and at mid-level and upper-level positions. Men are rated by others to be more effective in government organizations. On self-evaluations, men rate themselves more effective than women rate themselves.
The tendency of men to dominate women in informal discussion groups has been observed in a number of scenarios including when both sexes were deemed to be androgynous, when group members were committed to equality of sexes, when women were more dispositionally dominant than men, and when both sexes were extroverted.
The works of Aristotle portrayed women as morally, intellectually, and physically inferior to men; saw women as the property of men; claimed that women's role in society was to reproduce and to serve men in the household; and saw male domination of women as natural and virtuous. [43] [44] [45]
Gallup finds that 86% of young women say humans are responsible for global warming, and more now say we should prioritize the environment over economic growth. Young men also care more about the ...
Women are more likely than men to live below the poverty line, a phenomenon known as the feminization of poverty. The 2015 poverty rates for men and women in the U.S. were 10% and 15% respectively. Women are less likely to pursue advanced degrees and tend to have low paying jobs.
Story at a glance More women than ever are studying and practicing medicine across the United States — but a considerable majority of the country’s working doctors are still men. In recent ...
In the U.S. today, women are statistically more likely to vote than men, [23] a pattern that occurs in certain countries, such as Scandinavian countries, while the opposite occurs in others, such as India. [19] [23] Scandinavian countries are also some of the countries with the greatest female representation in government positions. [19]