On Gender Differences, No Consensus on Nature vs. Nurture
Most Americans see fundamental differences between men and women in their traits and characteristics and in the pressures they face from society.
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Most Americans see fundamental differences between men and women in their traits and characteristics and in the pressures they face from society.
Women in the U.S. are substantially more likely than men to say gender discrimination is a major problem in the technology industry.
While eight-in-ten Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say that whether someone is a man or a woman is determined by the sex they were assigned at birth, most Democrats and Democratic leaners (64%) take the opposite view and say a person’s gender can be different from the sex they were assigned at birth.
Women’s contributions to U.S. household incomes have grown. Yet, men contribute more of the income in most couples, and this reality aligns with public sentiments.
Americans have mixed views of how careers in science, technology, engineering and math compare to jobs in other industries. About half or more of the general public – whether they are employed in STEM or non-STEM jobs – believe that STEM jobs pay better, attract more of the brightest young people and are more well-respected. […]
On some subjects, racial differences among the police are considerably more pronounced than they are among the public as a whole.
The public and the police differ on issues ranging from an assault rifle ban to racial progress in the U.S., but their views align on other issues.
In the past 10 years, the share of U.S. adults living without a spouse or partner has climbed to 42%, up from 39% in 2007.
Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but dramatically different from the peak of 72% in 1960.
There are wide gaps between men and women working in science, technology, engineering and math jobs when it comes to perceptions of fair treatment for women at work and experiences of workplace discrimination. Women in STEM jobs are much more likely than men in such jobs to say they have experienced discrimination at work because […]
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