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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.
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.
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]
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 ...
Young women are also growing more liberal when it comes to gun control. Among those ages 18-29, 74% of us are now more likely to say that gun laws should be stricter, up from 58% during the Obama era.
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 ...
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]
Her decades of research have shown that, over time, the nature of the gender pay gap has evolved, with childbearing being a major factor in women being paid less than men in today’s America.