All Entries in the "Gender Gap" Category
Utah State University Survey Documents Utah Women’s Experiences With Discrimination and Sexism
A new study from the Utah Women & Leadership Project has found many Utahans believe discrimination and sexism towards women is a pervasive issue throughout the state, citing concerns in the workplace, their communities, healthcare settings, educational opportunities, and state politics.
University of Georgia Study Highlights the Unique Stressors Facing Women Farmers
As agriculture is a historically-male dominated field, many women farmers experience challenges not faced by their male counterparts. A new study has identified the toll of animal mortality, succession planning, and gender-stereotyping as unique stressors facing women in agriculture.
Study Finds Race-Gender Biases in Public Perceptions of Scientists’ Credibility
In an online experiment using two short documentary films, viewers consistently rated Black women scientists as less warm and less competent than Black men and White scientists of both genders, particularly when they introduced a White test subject.
Higher Educated Married Couples Are More Likely to Share Household Chores
Three women scholars affiliated with Yale University have found new evidence that people marrying similarly-educated partners may be reducing gender inequality within households, while simultaneously widening income inequality between households.
The Gender Gap in STEM Majors is Shrinking at Top Universities and Growing at Other Institutions
Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of women majoring in physics, engineering, and computer science at highly selective college and universities. However, the gender gap in students studying these historically male-dominated fields has grown significantly at less selective institutions.
Women Represent Less Than a Quarter of the Global Cybersecurity Workforce
Currently, there is a severe shortfall in the number of professionals working in cybersecurity – a field where women are significantly underrepresented. By advancing women’s participation in the field, scholars at Duke University hope to mitigate this shortfall, ultimately leading to a stronger global cybersecurity workforce.
Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Use ChatGPT for Work
Even among workers within the same occupations, women are significantly less likely to use ChatGPT to complete work tasks than their male colleagues. This gap exists despite women and men holding similar beliefs about the tool’s time-saving potential.
Research Documents Perceived Gender Differences in Social Preferences
Regardless of gender, people expect women to be more generous and equality-oriented than men. However, these perceptions tend to be inaccurate as both men and women tend to behave similarly across several different contexts.
The Shrinking Gender Gap in Religiousness Among American Adults
Women have historically represented a larger share of Americans who identify with a religion, but the gender ratio of both religiously affiliated and unaffiliated adults has become more balanced over the past two decades.
Childhood Exposure to Trauma Linked to Heart Disease in Black Women
While both Black men and women study participants reported similar experiences with childhood trauma, the association between past trauma and heart complications was only found among Black women.
Women NFT Avatars Are Valued Less Than Male Avatars
Even though the NFT marketplace is predominately used by younger generations, historical gender biases have been found to negatively impact the price of NFTs featuring women avatars.
Study Examines Women’s Underrepresentation Among Practicing Plastic Surgeons
Women represent just 18 percent of all practicing plastic surgeons in the United States. A new study has identified several potential barriers to entry that may be the cause of women’s underrepresentation in the field.
Women Represent Just One Fifth of Academic Journal Editors in Finance and Economics
In an analysis of academic finance journals from 73 countries around the world, a new study has found that women represent only 20 percent of all journal editors and just 16 percent of editors-in-chief.
Study Highlights the Preferential Promotion of White Men in Academic Medicine
In an analysis of more than 673,000 medical school graduates, a new study has found White men receive more promotions in academic medicine than women, even though Asian, Black, and White women are more likely to receive entry-level medical school appointments.
Women Faculty Are More Likely to Pursue Entrepreneurial Projects That Address Societal Challenges
Scholars at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found women faculty are more interested in pursuing entrepreneurship when its primary purpose is framed as addressing societal issues rather than starting a business venture.
The Gender Gap in Negotiating Skills Exists in Children as Young as Six Years Old
Psychologists from New York University and Boston College have found boys are more likely than girls to ask for bigger bonuses for completing the same work.
Women Own One-Fifth of Employer Businesses in the United States
In 2022, there were roughly 5.9 million employer firms in the United States. About 1.3 million of these firms were owned by women.
How Differences in Media Framing Influences Women’s Response to Political Gender Gaps
When the media frames women’s underrepresentation in politics as “men’s overrepresentation,” women viewers have stronger negative responses and are more likely to express desire to take action against the gender gap.
The Gender Gap in Employment and Salaries for Doctoral Recipients
For 2023 doctoral recipients who had a job offer, 41.5 percent of women had accepted positions in the academic arena. In 2008, 58.2 percent of women who earned doctorates had secured an academic appointment by the time they were awarded their doctoral degree.
The Gender Gap in Self-Reported Leadership Skills on LinkedIn
Even when controlling for their occupation and company, women were 16 percent less likely than their male peers to list leadership skills on their LinkedIn profiles.
The Percentage of Women Among Workplace Fatalities Edged Up in 2023
According to a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women made up 8.5 percent of all workplace fatalities but accounted for 18.3 percent of homicides at work in 2023. This was up by three percentage points from 2022.
First-Year Law School Enrollments: Women Outnumber Men in All Racial and Ethnic Groups
The number of entering first-year students was 39,689, up nearly 5 percent from 2023. Of these, 22,260 were women. Thus, women made up 56 percent of all entering students at U.S. law schools.
By Age 6, Children Develop Gender Stereotypes About Boys’ and Girls’ STEM Aptitudes
A new study has found that by age 6, children are more likely to believe boys are better than girls at computing, engineering, and physics. However, they are more likely to believe girls are better at math and biology.
Highly Selective Universities Make Progress in Closing the STEM Gender Gap While Others Fall Behind
The country’s most selective universities have made great progress in closing the gender gap in students studying physics, engineering, and computer science. However, the gap has significantly widened at less selective institutions.
The Status of Women’s Representation in American Law School Faculty
According to a study by the Association of American Law Schools and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, women represent the majority of early to mid-career law school professors, but still lag behind in tenured roles.
Two Thirds of All U.S. Students Who Study Abroad Are Women
The latest data from the Institute of international Education for the 2022-23 academic year shows that women made up 67.2 percent of all American students who studied abroad, down from 68.7 percent in the previous year.
Study Examines Perception of Higher Education Among Young Women in Utah
Utah has the widest gender pay gap in the United States. As a result, high school women in Utah are significantly more concerned than their male peers about the financial burdens associated with attending college.
Women Remain Significantly Underrepresented as Leaders of Multilateral Organizations
Among the top 33 multilateral organizations in the world, women have only been in charge for 12 percent of the time since 1945. One third of these organizations have never been led by a woman.
Pew Research Center Finds No Gender Wealth Gap Between Unmarried Men and Unmarried Women Without Children
While there is an overall large gender wealth gap between unmarried men and unmarried women, single women without children are more likely to own a home, own a higher valued home, and have more overall wealth their single male counterparts.
The State of Women’s Representation in Intercollegiate Athletic Department Positions
Currently, women represent 38 percent of all employees in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision athletic departments, but only 11.7 percent of these departments are led by women.
Study Finds Gender Gap in Funding of Venture Capital-Backed Startups
Prior studies have found entrepreneurs are often more successful after learning from an earlier failed business. However, after their first business fails, women entrepreneurs are significantly less likely than men to secure funding for future startups.
Women Represent the Majority of Working Pharmacists, but They Earn Less Than Their Male Peers
In 2023, women represented some 60 percent of the overall pharmacist workforce in the United States. Despite their overrepresentation, they earned an average of 96 cents per every one dollar earned by their male peers.
Report Reveals Only One-Third of Chief Editors at Top-Ranking Scientific Journals Are Women
In an examination of 200 of the top global scientific journals, a new report has found that only 36 percent of chief journal editors are women.
The Gender Gap in Scientists Leaving Academia Has Narrowed
Across the globe, men and women scientists are leaving academia at roughly the same rate. This is a notable improvement from past generations where women scholars were significantly more likely to stop publishing within a decade after their first paper.
New Report Examines the Status of America’s Gender Pay Gap
Since 2002, the gender pay gap has only shrunk by 4 percent. Utah was found to have the largest gender pay gap in the United States and Vermont was found to have the smallest gap.
