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Study Debunks Theory That Women CEOs Are More Risk-Adverse Than Male Peers
Although women CEOs make less acquisitions than men overall, the study found no difference in their levels of acquisitions when they are faced with high levels of scrutiny, such as pressure from stakeholders and media attention.
Women are Underrepresented in Global Veterinary Medicine Leadership Positions Despite Overrepresentation in the Field
In analyzing 720 veterinary schools in 118 countries, the study found that although women represent 90 percent of veterinary students, they only account for 34.6 of leaders in the field.
Report Finds Only 18 Percent of 2023 Top-Grossing Films Feature More Women Characters Than Men
Every year since 2002, Dr. Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University conducts the “It’s a Men’s (Celluloid) World” report to analyze the representation of women in film. This year’s study found women’s share of lead roles in 2023 movies decreased compared to 2022.
Single Women Own Over 2.7 Million More Homes Than Single Men in the United States
After analyzing U.S. Census data from 2022, LendingTree has found single women own 2.71 million more homes than men, and represent 12.93 percent of all home-owners in America, compared to single men who own 10.22 percent of American homes.
Research Finds Men Psychology Professors Less Likely to Remember Their Women Colleagues
The researcher team believes men’s forgetfulness when it comes to remembering their women colleagues may explain the current citation gap in psychology, where women only represent about 30 percent of citations, even though they represent about 66 percent of faculty in the field.
Study Finds High School Biology Textbooks Fail to Differentiate Between Sex and Gender
“The findings serve as a call to action—it is important that the high school biology curriculum is revised so that it reflects accurate scientific knowledge rather than misguided assumptions that may foster gender stereotyping and discrimination,” says Andrei Cimpian, a professor in the psychology department at New York University.
Research Finds Gender Inequality Among Yale University Undergraduate STEM Majors
Men represent a large majority of undergraduate students in the physics, engineering, and computer science majors at Yale University. Although women’s representation in STEM at Yale University has increased over the past two decades, the growth falls short of the advancements made at similar institutions.
Patients’ Experience With Childbirth Largely Depends on Type of Care Received Rather Than Birthing Method
New research from Oregon State University, Yale University, and the University of British Columbia has determined patients’ perceptions of their birthing experience are primarily affected by how they were treated and if they felt listened to, regardless of whether the birth was vaginal or via cesarean.
Study Finds Women May Receive More Health Benefits From Exercise Than Men
“[Exercise] is an incredibly powerful way to live healthier and longer,” says Dr. Susan Cheng of the Smidt Heart Institute. “Women on average tend to exercise less than men and hopefully these findings inspire more women to add extra movement to their lives.”
Study Finds Virtually No Increase in Women’s Representation in STEM Characters in Television and Film Over the Past Five Years
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media builds on their previous study analyzing women’s representation in STEM characters in entertainment, finding that only 38 percent of on-screen STEM characters from 2018 to 2022 were women.
Study Finds Gender Bias is More Prevalent in Online Images Than Online Text
“This isn’t only about the frequency of gender bias online,” says Douglas Guilbeault, professor at the University of California Berkeley. “Part of the story here is that there’s something very sticky, very potent about images’ representation of people that text just doesn’t have.”
Remote Work Opportunities Lead to a More Diverse Applicant Pool
Between 2018 and 2022, there was a 15 percent increase in women and a 33 percent increase in underrepresented minority applicants for open STEM positions, suggesting remote work opportunities are more likely to attract diverse candidates than on-site positions.
The Gender Gap in the Time It Takes to Earn a Doctoral Degree
Men were far more likely than women to earn a doctorate before the age of 30. Some 43.2 percent of women earned their doctorate before the age of 30. For men, 46.8 percent of all doctoral degree recipients in 2022 were below the age of 30.
Study Finds Differing Beliefs About Feminism Between Men and Women Under 30
Researchers from King’s College London have found young men and women in the United Kingdom are divided on the value of feminism in today’s society and going forward.
New Research Analyzes Relationship Between Education Level and Fertility Goals
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Ohio State University has found that highly educated individuals are more likely to intend to have children than those with less educational experience.
After Four Years of Decline, the Number of Women Earning Research Doctorates Was Up 10 Percent in 2022
The good news is tempered by the fact that in 2022 women earned only 32.7 percent of the doctorates in the physical sciences. In engineering, women earned 27.2 percent of the doctorates awarded in 2022 and in mathematics women earned just 22.7 of all doctorates awarded.
Washington University Discovers Increased Breast Cancer Diagnoses Among Women Under 50
Researchers at the School of Medicine at Washington University have discovered the rate of breast cancer diagnoses for women under age 50 has steadily increased over the past 20 years, with an even greater increase found among young Black women.
Study Analyzes Positive Effects of Peer Counseling Breastfeeding Programs in Rural Minnesota
Federally-funded breastfeeding peer-counseling programs have been initiated across the United States to increase the rates of breastfeeding among low-income and rural women. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found promising results upon analyzing the success of programs in Minnesota counties.
Research Finds Pattern of Sexism in Classical Music Industry
“Fewer than 23 percent of career pianists are women, yet in the conservatoires it’s roughly 50:50. As they leave college, the men soar while the women are not getting opportunities,” says Fiona Sinclair, chief executive of the Leeds International Piano Competition. “The more we get into actual statistics, it’s clear that something’s broken.”
Research from the University of Southern California Examines Link Between Sex Hormones and Aging
“Finding a female-specific effect vindicates the fact that we do need to study both men and women and that we’re probably making a lot of wrong assumptions about the state of things by just looking at males,” notes Bérénice Benayoun, an assistant professor of gerontology, biological sciences, biochemistry, and molecular medicine at the university.
University of Georgia Study Finds Women Farmers Can Be Prone to Binge-Drinking
The results found that although women were less likely than men to report alcohol use, when they did report it, it was more likely to be binge-drinking. The study also found women farmers have significantly higher levels of stress.
University of Illinois Chicago Scholars Find Connection Between Menstrual Cycle and Risk of Suicide
A research team from the University of Illinois Chicago conducted a study that tracked patients’ mental health symptoms over the course of at least one menstrual cycle, discovering results that link an increased risk of suicidal ideation during the days just before and after menstruation.
College Enrollments Increased This Past Fall, the First Uptick Since the Pandemic
Women’s enrollment stabilized this year with a small increase of 0.3 percent after large pandemic-era declines. Men’s enrollment continued to grow with 64,000 additional male student enrollments from a year ago. This was an increase of 1.1 percent.
The Gender Earning Gap Remains Large Even for Those With Similar Education
Even among bachelor’s degree holders in the same field of study, women generally earned significantly less than men in 2022, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data shows that men with a bachelor’s degree or higher earned more than women with the same education in all fields but that the difference in median earnings varied by field of degree.
University Study Finds Women Prison Inmates More Likely Than Men to Be Punished for Minor Infractions
A new study led by Melinda Tasca, an associate professor in the department of criminal justice and security studies at the University of Texas at El Paso, reveals women were 40 percent more likely to receive a defiance infraction and accrue them at a greater rate than males. Defiance acts are the most minor of rule violations and are often verbal in nature, including disrespect, being disruptive, or disobeying an order.
The Persisting Gender Pay Gap in Higher Education
A new study from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) finds that there remains a significant pay gap for women in staff and faculty positions at colleges and universities in the United States.
Study Shows That Girls’ and Women’s Sports Are More Popular Than Most People Realize
In August 2023, 92,003 packed the football stadium on the campus of the University of Nebraska to view a women’s volleyball match. This is generally considered to be the largest crowd to ever watch a women’s sporting event. This is just one sign that women’s sports in the U.S. are becoming increasingly popular.
How Perinatal Depression Impacts the Long-Term Health of Mothers
Women with perinatal depression have a doubled risk of mortality compared to those without, with the risk peaking in the month after diagnosis and persisting for up to 18 years. The risk was highest for the women diagnosed with postpartum depression.
More “Hidden Figures” Discovered at the University of Chicago
Researchers at the University of Chicago have identified more than 100 women who worked at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin in the early 20th century. In an era when few women were able to be professional scientists, these women performed astronomical observations, analyzed data, and published papers.
Survey Finds Surgical Residents Face a Multitude of Obstacles in Order to Breastfeed
In a survey, more than 40 percent of women surgical residents reported a lack of a dedicated lactation room at work. For those who did have a room to pump breast milk, 37 percent did not have an accessible place to store milk.
Study Finds Major Gender Disparities in Coaching Positions at the University of Pennsylvania
For men’s teams, there are 15 head coaches, who made an average of $168,346 in fiscal year 2022. In contrast, the 14 head coaches of women’s teams made an average of $111,613 that same year — amounting to a 41 percent gap in pay between the two.
Gender Differences in Workplace Fatalities
New statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in 2022, 5,486 American workers died after suffering injuries while working. Women made up 8.1 percent of all workplace fatalities but accounted for 15.3 percent of homicides at work in 2022.
Study Finds Church Congregations Are Largely Unsupportive of Working Women
A new study from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance finds that working women do not feel supported by their clergy and churches, regardless of whether they’re involved with a more conservative or liberal congregation.
Gender Disparities in Drug Side Effects May Not Be Due to Biology
More than half of Americans routinely take prescription or over-the-counter drugs, but women tend to experience side effects at up to twice the rate of men. The difference historically has been chalked up to biological sex differences, but new research from Harvard’s GenderSci Lab debunks that view.
The Top Women Scientists in the World
The second edition of Research.com ranking of top female scientists in the world is based on data acquired from a wide range of bibliometric sources. This ranking of best female scientists in the world comprises the leading female scientists from all key areas of science.
