Yet the bringing of children into the world asks more of
the woman than of the man.
Certain radical feminists think it unfair that, in the past, a higher standard of morality has been expected of
woman than of man.
Art historian Lucy Lippard wrote at the time: «Certain elements — a central focus (often «empty,» often circular or oval), parabolic baglike forms, obsessive line and detail, veiled strata, tactile or sensuous surfaces and forms, associative fragmentation, autobiographical emphasis, and so forth — are found far more often in the work of
women than of men.»
Not exact matches
Amid all the angst about the small percentage
of women who work in computer science, a new research paper has a surprising finding: Women may actually be better coders than
women who work in computer science, a new research paper has a surprising finding:
Women may actually be better coders than
Women may actually be better coders
than men.
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.
After reading this study, I'm wondering if perhaps
women entrepreneurs face very different social environments
than the
men do, even outside
of tech enclaves like Silicon Valley.
But discrimination isn't the obvious reason why there are fewer
women than men in Silicon Valley, so solving discrimination won't necessarily take us to the goal
of a 50 - 50 representation.
In one, scholars were asked to read and rate research papers; unbeknown to them, the names had been changed to change the gender
of the authors, and the scholars rated the papers «written» by
men as better
than the ones that appeared to be authored by
women.
But it shadows much
of the response to Wolf's performance so far, suggesting that Americans may be more comfortable with a
man attacking other
men than a
woman criticizing others
of her gender.
A growing body
of research indicates that
women, when given a fair shot, are better at high - growth entrepreneurship
than men.
Black
women are also making great strides, and are unique in that they actually own more businesses
than black
men — about 59 percent
of the total number
of black - owned businesses.
Neither
of these proved to be true, and in fact, the changes suggested by
women, on average, involved significantly more lines
of code
than those
of men.
According to a Yale study conducted by U.S. economist Daniel Hamermesh, attractive
men can earn 9 percent more
than their average - looking colleagues, while attractive
women could see a bump
of up to 4 percent.
However, even among full - time workers (those usually working 35 hours or more per week),
men worked longer
than women — 8.4 hours, compared with 7.8 hours, respectively, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
Another culture that treats
women as less
than men (such that female infanticide still happens regularly), India, nevertheless, finds females in 30 percent
of programming jobs, compared with 21 percent in the U.S.
Just because the number
of women in technology - related fields has always been dramatically lower
than that
of men doesn't mean that things will stay that way.
«
Men have more of it than women do and we will not be fully equal with men until we are financially equal with men.&raq
Men have more
of it
than women do and we will not be fully equal with
men until we are financially equal with men.&raq
men until we are financially equal with
men.&raq
men.»
When it comes to financing business growth, the stats are grim: «
Women raise 50 % less capital
than men do,» explained Geri Stengel, president and founder
of digital media and market - research agency Ventureneer and a Forbes columnist whose writing focuses on successful female entrepreneurs, during a breakout session, «And, often, capital means success.»
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.
In 68 %
of the countries,
women believed they had less opportunity
than men to start a business — even though they also indicated that their skills matched those
of their male counterparts.
FOR many wine drinkers, the word chianti conjures up images
of red and white checked tablecloths,
men (and often
women) with an abundance
of chest hair, and those squat, cane - wrapped bottles
of brick - red wine more suited to stripping paint
than accompanyi
More
women than men are being appointed to the boards
of Australia's top 200 companies for the first time on record.
There are several reasons there's no male equivalent yet: part
of the problem has been a lack
of support from drug makers, but a more scientific challenge has been the mathematical reality that it's tougher to exterminate the millions
of sperm that come out
of men's bodies
than the monthly egg or two that passes through a
woman's reproductive system.
Women of late are speaking up more loudly
than ever before about the experiences they've had with
men who have abused their privilege and their power.
As a series
of recent
women's clothing controversies everywhere from Congress to cable news proves, deciding what to wear as a professional
woman is a lot more complicated
than the sartorial choices facing
men.
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.
I wasn't surprised by the demographic data: My followers split 50 - 50 between
men and
women, most
of them older
than 30.
They also drink more alcohol on average
than women of all races, as well as more
than men who are not white.
«There is a lot
of data that shows it's still far more challenging for
women than men»
Today it teems with more
than 300 head - office employees whose diversity is staggering by any standard, a mix
of men,
women, Saudis, and foreign nationals representing 23 different countries.
«KPCB discriminates against [Ellen Pao] and other
women by failing to promote them comparably to
men, by compensating them less
than men through lower salary, bonus and carried interest, by restricting the number
of investments that
women are allowed to make as compared to
men, by failing to include junior
women from meetings and discussions, by failing to provide equivalent sponsorship
of women as
of men, by failing to include junior
women comparably to junior
men in the interview process, and by failing to provide opportunities for visibility and success inside and outside the firm for
women as compared to
men.»
Your number is in the negatives, and like the majority
of men and
women, you spend more
than you make.
Although the Institute for Family Studies reports that more husbands
than wives admit to being unfaithful, according to The Cut, psychoanalyst and writer Esther Perel cites an increase
of 40 % in unfaithful
women since 1990, while
men's statistics have stayed about the same.
Despite lower pay,
women handle credit more responsibly
than men, on average, according to Experian, which reports that
men have a 7 percent higher incidence
of late mortgage payments and 4.3 percent more debt
than women.
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.
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.
I was able to be more myself in front
of women than in front
of men.
The reality is such that, if you are under the age
of 45, you have grown up in a time in which
women have graduated from university at higher rates
than men.
I once saw (but frustratingly can't currently locate) a great headline on an article responding to the question
of why
women are less aggressive about negotiating compensation
than men.
Even controlling for grade - point average,
men earned more
than women who graduated with identical levels
of academic achievement.
In fact, 42 percent
of women have more
than $ 30,000 in college debt, compared with 27 percent
of men.
The study, conducted by Sameer B. Srivastava, Ph.D. and doctoral student Eliot Sherman at the University
of California, Berkeley's Haas School
of Business, found that low - performing
women who switched from a male supervisor to a high - performing female supervisor earned substantially less
than men who made a similar shift.
There was a time, less
than two years ago, when
women seemed poised to overtake
men and become the majority
of the American workforce.
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.
Managers, who are mostly male, also are in charge
of deciding who gets promoted, leading to
women being promoted less often
than men, according to court documents.
If your team is anything less
than an equal balance
of men and
women, then it is probably not the best it can be.»
And even setting that aside, nearly 70 percent
of the time a
man receives a higher initial salary offer
than does a
woman vying for the same job title at the same company.
Hired's research found that
women with zero - to - two years
of experience who took new jobs actually asked for 2 percent more compensation
than men — and received 7 percent more.
While many viewers complain about NBC's tape - delay tradition, the network maintains that the practice is better for ratings as NBC claims female viewers (who actually make up the bulk
of the Olympics» audience) watch sports differently
than men do, with
women investing more in coverage showing athletes» journeys to the games
than in the actual results.
Results showed that low - performing
women who switched from a male manager to a high - performing female manager had 30 % lower salaries
than low - performing
men who made the same kind
of switch.