In industries like tech, they are offered lower starting salaries
than their male counterparts for the same job at the same company 63 percent of the time, and, according to some employees, still experience discrimination even at companies like Google.
In popular, high - paying industries like tech, women are offered lower starting salaries
than their male counterparts for the same job at the same company 63 percent of the time.
Women in STEM jobs report an array of experiences with discrimination including being treated as if they were not competent (29 %); earning less
than their male counterparts for the same job (29 %); experiencing repeated, small slights at work (20 %); and receiving less support from senior leaders than a man doing the same job (18 %).
Common (and unfortunate) across many sectors: women tend to be paid less
than their male counterparts for same position or work.
In the past, many employers have engaged in a practice of paying female employees with equal qualifications less
than their male counterparts for the same or similar work.
Since women are statistically likely to be paid less
than their male counterparts for the same work, basing salary offers on past earnings means that the disparity will continue when those women move to their next jobs.
Not exact matches
That's where you get to a position, a resolution, that works
for both sides,» she said, adding, «it's something that I do better
than my
male counterparts.»
Add those reasons to the long, frequently cited list of why women lose confidence in their careers: They make, on average, $ 8,000 less per year
than their
male counterparts; they aren't afforded the same opportunities
for advancement; they're penalized
for having kids.
Women have less time
for on - the - job labor because they spend more time doing housework
than their
male counterparts — so they miss out when they're working in fields that reward long hours, based on a new National Bureau
for Economic Research study.
For their part, Gino and her colleagues say they're interested to know when women's lists of priorities start to grow so much longer
than those of their
male counterparts.
According to an evaluation by Hired, female candidates in the field are offered an average of four percent less
than their
male counterparts, and «63 percent of the time women receive lower salary offers
than men
for the same job at the same company.»
In a number of instances women were able to apply
for jobs only if they had higher qualifications
than their
male counterparts.
This vague language makes it difficult
for women to prove they were paid less
than a
male counterpart because of their gender and deters many from even filing a lawsuit.»
For example, more than four in 10 women, according to the Bayt.com Working Women in the Middle East and North Africa Survey, believe they have fewer opportunities for career growth when compared to their male counterpar
For example, more
than four in 10 women, according to the Bayt.com Working Women in the Middle East and North Africa Survey, believe they have fewer opportunities
for career growth when compared to their male counterpar
for career growth when compared to their
male counterparts.
So if you know, as a woman, that it's going to be a little tougher
for you that means you'll have a thicker skin going in there and you have to be ready
for a little bit more rejection
than your
male counterparts.
Aoife Flood of PriceWaterHouse Coopers, a study co-author, emailed me details: «Women obtain substantially more per pledge
than their
male counterparts — 11 % more per average backer pledge or 90 US dollars compared to 81 US dollars
for male led pledges.
As a whole, females tended to graduate with less debt
than their
male counterparts, except
for black females who had $ 272 more in debt
than black
males.
Angelique Pivoine (@ 2BeAngelique) owns the marketing and PR consulting firm Good Thinking Agency (@itsgoodthinking) and says she has found that a lot of her women clients are more reluctant
than their
male counterparts to plan
for business growth.
Snap Inc., owner of social chatting system Snapchat, was under fire in February
for paying its sole female board director far less
than her
male counterparts.
For example, alcoholic women are more likely to suffer from low self - esteem
than their
male counterparts.
Yet in their daily experience of the material world — from the houses they live in to expectations they have
for their children to their anxieties about a retirement income — many married clergywomen live a more secure life
than that of their
male counterparts.
For example, Michelle Rodriquez's character in the testosterone - fueled Fast & Furious series doesn't have any different attitudes or viewpoints
than her gearhead
male counterparts: she is essentially Vin Diesel with long hair.
Yet, Gold's generation represents one exception to the pattern; unlike any other age group, millennial evangelical women were more likely
than their
male counterparts to vote
for Trump, according to the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) provided to CT by Ryan Burge, politics researcher and blogger
for the site Religion in Public.
Whatever the reason, exclusively breastfeeding could be to blame
for little girls staying slimmer
than their
male counterparts.
Let's remember that our current crop of women MPs are younger
than their
male counterparts - after the next election there will no female equivalents of the grand old men of the backbenches (Clarke, Tapsell, Hogg, Young, Winterton, Spicer, Shepherd, etc.) except
for Ann Winterton.
Harriet Harman, the minister
for Women, has renewed her attack on the financial industry, describing it as a «breeding ground
for discrimination», after it emerged that women working in the City were being paid as much as 60 per cent less
than their
male counterparts.
A similar issue is faced in Westminster elections, where women tend to be selected
for seats less «winnable»
than their
male counterparts.
WHEREAS, women make up 50 % of the population in Santa Clara County but face significant economic disparities, with an average pay difference that is larger
than the national wage gap of $.72
for a man's dollar, with women holding advanced degrees earning roughly $ 40,000 less
than their
male counterparts, and 11 % of the County's female population living in poverty and approximately 33 % of the homeless population being women and girls, and
Female geoscientists are less likely to be described as excelling beyond other students
than their
male counterparts are, according to a study of recommendation letters
for highly selective postdoctoral fellowships published today in Nature Geoscience.
In another experiment, researchers found that the older girls were less interested
than their
male counterparts in games — one resembling a two - color version of Chinese checkers — that the team described as being designed
for «really, really smart children.»
In general, the salaries of women are significantly lower
than their
male counterparts in academia, as most recently reported by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its 2002 Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession — although the discrepancies have existed
for at least 30 years.
Many blue - chip researchers received «tiny» awards, whereas the success rates and award levels
for both female and younger researchers were significantly lower
than for male, more elderly
counterparts, says geneticist Janet Rossant of The Hospital
for Sick Children and the University of Toronto in Canada, and a former member of CIHR's governing council.
These causes differed by gender:
for males, road injuries were a top - five cause of health loss, but these were not in the top 10
for females, who lose substantially more health to depressive disorders
than their
male counterparts.
It has been noted that women tend to find physician - scientist careers less attractive
than men do
for a number of reasons: They (1) are concerned that it will be impossible to combine a successful medical research career with childbearing and family life; (2) feel that they have to be better
than their
male counterparts to be considered equal; (3) receive little encouragement to become physician - scientists; and (4) lack compelling role models.
When subsequently asked to score the recordings
for confidence, female participants gave more extreme scores
for confident and unconfident voices
than did their
male counterparts.
Studies have found that female coaches face more biases
than their
male counterparts when applying
for head coach positions.
For instance, both are equally likely to say they have experienced sexual harassment at work (22 %) and both groups are less inclined than their male counterparts to think that women are «usually treated fairly» when it comes to opportunities for promotion and advanceme
For instance, both are equally likely to say they have experienced sexual harassment at work (22 %) and both groups are less inclined
than their
male counterparts to think that women are «usually treated fairly» when it comes to opportunities
for promotion and advanceme
for promotion and advancement.
Despite the benefits of social status on their reproductive success — higher - ranking females appear to have access to better food and higher infant survival
than their low - ranking
counterparts — the tendency of female chimpanzees to «wait their turn» rather
than fighting
for rank reveals the competing priorities
males and females face when ensuring the success of their offspring.
As of 1997, significant pay differences existed between federally employed men and women in botany: The Commission of Professionals in Science and Technology's (CPST's) October 1998 edition of the Salaries of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians reported that while the average salary
for civilian botanists was $ 43,372, women took home an annual wage that was on average $ 7700 less ($ 39,664 vs. $ 47,385)
than their
male counterparts.
For example, black women are more likely to be overweight or obese
than their
male counterparts.
We didn't have to wait
for today's technology, however, to tell us that heart attacks are more commonly seen in barrel - chested, hot - tempered
males than in their trimmer, even - tempered
counterparts.
Women shouldn't try to keep up pace with their
male counterparts — women tend to be affected by alcohol more
than men
for several reasons:
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Will & Grace «s Debra Messing went one step further, though, calling out E!
for allegedly paying their female hosts less
than their
male counterparts while being interviewed live on the channel.
It was a golden age of independent filmmaking in Hollywood, a time well suited
for an actress who specialized in playing women as strong or stronger
than their
male counterparts.