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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.
Table 1 A meta-analysis found women were rated more highly than men on effective communal behaviors, and more highly than men on two agentic behaviors: contingent reward and task-oriented / initiating structure. [90] Women were also rated more highly on inspirational motivation, categorized as gender-neutral.
The household: women are more likely to have their labor expropriated by their husbands such as through housework and raising children; Paid work: women are likely to be paid less and face exclusion from paid work; The state: women are unlikely to have formal power and representation; Violence: women are more prone to being abused
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.
Young women have become substantially more liberal as a group over the past several years, whereas views held by young men have mostly remained the same. But the forces that have led to such ...
According to a new Gallup analysis, 40% of women ages 18-29 describe themselves as liberal/very liberal, compared with 25% of men in that age range and 27% of women 30 and older. Stances on ...
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]
For instance, a recent Varo Bank survey found that women are significantly more likely than men to be living paycheck-to-paycheck, with 59% of female respondents saying as much compared to 41% of men.