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  2. Gender-equality paradox - Wikipedia

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    Different factors have been researched and are theorized to affect the gender equality paradox. [35] Richer countries may have more advertising that promotes gender conformity. Previous research demonstrates that in the 1970s when women had more economic power, advertising emphasized female beauty which changed social pressure. [36]

  3. Feminization of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The increase in women's participation in agriculture can be interpreted several ways. One is that more women are working in agriculture than were previously. The second is that men are working less, and women have remained are constant , and thus the share of women is rising.

  4. Female education - Wikipedia

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    The discussion of girl power and women's education as solutions for eliminating violence against women and economic dependence on men can sometimes take dominance and result in the suppression of understanding how context, history and other factors affect women (Shenila Khoja-Moolji, 2015).

  5. Gender inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    It based its operations on the following factors: Equal opportunity for employment, legal and political Rights, education, women in poverty, the family, the image of women, and women and religion. To achieve true political equality, Lawless and Fox state that the key element is to "along with passing laws and policies that help integrate the ...

  6. Socioeconomic impact of female education - Wikipedia

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    [2] [5] This helps to distinguish the specific effects of women's education from the benefits of education in general. Note that some studies, particularly older ones, do simply look at women's total education levels. [3] One way to measure education levels is to look at what percentage of each gender graduates from each stage of school.

  7. Women in government - Wikipedia

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    Alternatively, framing women's underrepresentation as due to supply factors depresses white and Asian women's political ambition possibly because of stereotype threat. Black women respond in an opposite manner, with depressed political ambition in demand scenarios, while Latinas are unaffected by these narratives."

  8. Gender pay gap - Wikipedia

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    However, several of the contributing factors might be expected to increase women's participation. Yoon's contributing factors include: the traditional gender roles; the lack of childcare services provided by the state; the obstacle of child rearing; and the highly educated, unmarried women termed "leftover women" by the state.

  9. Fertility factor (demography) - Wikipedia

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    Other factors associated with increase of fertility include: Social pressure: Women have an increased probability to have another child when there is social pressure from parents, relatives, and friends to do so. [1] For example, fertility increases during the one to two years after a sibling or a co-worker has a child. [1]