A somewhat higher share of men
than women say that having higher pay and opportunities for promotion is important to them in choosing a job.
Men more
than women say they like to turn up the heat with spicy sauce or steak sauce on their grilled meats (42 percent vs. 31 percent).
Interestingly, more female than male poll respondents cited «flexibility» and a «pleasant atmosphere» as an attractive job quality, while more men
than women said they were drawn to companies with «strong financial health» and «strong management.»
In the survey, more employed men
than women said they are looking for a job in 2015 (46 % of male respondents vs. 42 % of female respondents).
Significantly more men
than women said the most important investment or savings vehicle were stocks, an IRA or a Roth IRA.
More men
than women said this (26 % vs. 20 %, respectively).
Not exact matches
When she started Theranos, she
says it was
women more
than men who doubted her.
«The high - level
women I talk to very consistently
say they spend a lot more time
than their male colleagues did getting to know people, getting to know about their personal lives,» law professor Joan C. Williams tells Fortune, seconding the idea.
Just 44 % of
women, meanwhile, took all their allotted days off despite being more likely
than men — 58 % to 49 % — to
say vacation time is «extremely» important to them.
«Nothing — nothing — is more daunting, more frustrating, more complex,
than trying to lead men and
women in tough times,» McRaven
said.
Women in combi - offices were also slightly more likely
than men to
say that the setups were noisy and distracting (56.3 % versus 50.5 %).
More
than 60 percent of the 320
women business owners surveyed by Forbes Insight and KeyBank's Key4Woman
said that they don't track social media to find out what they're customers are
saying about them.
«[
Women's] natural conservatism means women end up owning more of their company and may get to profitability sooner than if they had all the capital in the world,» says Singh Cas
Women's] natural conservatism means
women end up owning more of their company and may get to profitability sooner than if they had all the capital in the world,» says Singh Cas
women end up owning more of their company and may get to profitability sooner
than if they had all the capital in the world,»
says Singh Cassidy.
A serial entrepreneur — she owns four restaurants and has founded two companies in addition to Thinx — Agrawal
says that the danger of male investors asking the
women in their lives for advice is that, more often
than not, those
women are not their target customers.
Before launching Circle in 2013, she was — among other things — the CEO and COO of the Kashf Foundation, where she expanded a small micro-lending pilot program into an entity that provided more
than 300,000
women with loans («98 % of which were repaid in full,» she
says with a proud smile).
«Ten years ago, we were at 16 [
women in the Senate] and even 20 years ago we had fewer
than 10
women serving in the Senate,» she
said.
Men were more
than four times as likely to
say that the media has overblown the issue of sexual harassment: 22 percent of male founders believe this, versus just 5 percent of
women.
That $ 38 difference in resale prices is remarkable considering TiqIQ
says the smallest difference in price between the men's and
women's finals was in 2012, when the average ticket price for the men's final was $ 150 more
than for the
women's final.
Within two or three months of the, well, career change, Levitt
said the
woman was making more
than $ 200,000 a year, working 15 hours a week.
The poll, which surveyed more
than 1,000 U.S. adults, found that 52 percent of Americans
say men do not treat
women equally in the workplace while 61 percent of
women say that their male counterparts fail to treat them as equals.
«When
women work, it creates a unique multiplier effect:
women are more likely
than men to hire other
women, to give them access to capital, mentorship and networks,» she
said, as Abe sat nearby.
Meanwhile, Barra
said that as CEO she is looking to address the problem of
women who start viewing their positions as «jobs» rather
than «careers» once they have children.
And yet, she
says,
women - owned businesses are a better bet, citing research from Indiegogo that
women are 61 % more likely
than men to achieve their financial goals on the site.
The maker of the Maserati, Jeep and Alfa Romeo nameplates will instead feature men as well as
women in less flesh - exposing garb
than in previous years, two people with knowledge of the plans
said.
In fact,
says Beam, «based on the GSS since 1977, young men are the most progressive they've ever been, and more progressive even
than women.»
The employee
says the firm hired and promoted fewer
women than men and paid her less
than male counterparts.
UnionsWA has
said that the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has shown that
women in Western Australia continue to be paid a far less amount on average
than men.
«The growth of veteran
women entrepreneurship has been higher than any other segment of the entrepreneurship economy,» says Carla Harris, chair of the National Women's Business Cou
women entrepreneurship has been higher
than any other segment of the entrepreneurship economy,»
says Carla Harris, chair of the National
Women's Business Cou
Women's Business Council.
There have been a variety of studies showing that
women in leadership roles equates to better company performance, including a report from Credit Suisse that
says that companies with more
than one
woman on their boards have outperformed those with no
women on their boards in the stock market.
'' Promoting
women's entrepreneurship requires more
than increasing the rate in which
women start businesses,»
said Donna Kelley, a professor of entrepreneurship at Babson, in a release.
«You don't want to have the culture of «not now,»»
says Lucas, «because that will end up with
women worse off
than before.»
«That ad,» Sandberg
said, «does more to communicate why stereotypes are holding
women back and men back
than almost anything we can do.»
Oxfam
said that
women workers were worst hit by global inequality as they consistently earn less
than men and usually have lower paid and more insecure forms of work.
CFINE chief executive Dave Simmers
said: «Over a
woman's lifetime, sanitary products cost on average more
than # 5,000, a significant sum for those on low - income.
As I
said when we launched this exciting project: after more
than 100 years, we can not delay, so the next bill to be redesigned must include
women, who for too long have been absent from our currency.
The respondents
said time - wasting on the Internet, intergenerational differences, integrating immigrants, and employee wardrobe choices are more serious challenges
than issues affecting
women and minorities.
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.
A recent report from the Pew Research Center, conducted before 2017's wave of sexual misconduct allegations, notes that employed
women are five times more likely
than employed men to
say they've earned less for doing the same job.
A description that reads, «These are really great to give as client gifts,» is less impactful
than one that
says, «These five gifts, all under $ 30, can be used by a man or a
woman and are something every small - business person needs.
Under Armour has
said its $ 500 - million
women's business can one day be as big if not bigger
than its men's business.
«A lot of times,
women are offered opportunities that they don't necessarily think they're ready for and they'll pass it up, rather
than taking advantage of those opportunities and growing into them,» she
says.
According to the study, «
Women were more likely than men to find their most recent experience with online harassment extremely or very upsetting — 38 % of harassed women said so of their most recent experience, compared with 17 % of harassed men.&r
Women were more likely
than men to find their most recent experience with online harassment extremely or very upsetting — 38 % of harassed
women said so of their most recent experience, compared with 17 % of harassed men.&r
women said so of their most recent experience, compared with 17 % of harassed men.»
Nooyi, who is also No. 2 on Fortune's Most Powerful
Women list, has donated more to the school
than any other alumni in terms of lifetime giving, the school
said.
The social media giant also
said it would be providing digital skills training for more
than 15,000
women in France, following on from similar drives in the U.K. and Italy.
According to Bentley University's
Women in Business survey, 57 percent of corporate recruiters say women are better job candidates than
Women in Business survey, 57 percent of corporate recruiters
say women are better job candidates than
women are better job candidates
than men.
Burn
says many men are surrounded by a culture that reduces
women to sexualized objects, which normalizes female colleague in a less
than professional manner.
«Considering that «histrionic personality disorder» is still in the DSM - 5, and that
women in general are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and some other mental illnesses by clinicians, I'd
say he's stoking the flames of a much larger problem about how our society seems to view
women — as having excessive emotional needs that need to nearly constantly be managed or controlled rather
than taken seriously.
Investing in
women is smart business,
says Kathryn Swintek, general partner and member of the Investment Committee of Golden Seeds Fund 2, part of New York - based angel network Golden Seeds, which comprises more
than 275 investors, 80 percent of whom are
women.
Said one young Chinese
woman, «You need to wear more
than one or two luxury brands to present yourself.»
I had this terrible burning inside that
said,
women deserve more
than they're getting.