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A Century After Women Gained the Right To Vote, Majority of Americans See Work To Do on Gender Equality
Many say adding ERA to the U.S. Constitution would not make much difference for women’s rights
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- A Century After Women Gained the Right To Vote, Majority of Americans See Work To Do on Gender Equality
- Views on how far the country has come on gender equality differ widely by gender and by party
- About three-quarters of Americans who say country has work to do on gender equality see sexual harassment as a major obstacle
- Seven-in-ten say the feminist movement has done at least a fair amount to advance women’s rights2
- About four-in-ten women say feminism has helped them personally
- About four-in-ten Republican men say women’s gains in society have come at the expense of men
- Higher share of men than women say gender equality is very likely
- Equal pay widely cited as a marker of a society with gender equality
- About three-quarters cite sexual harassment as a major obstacle to gender equality
- Men and women differ over major obstacles to women having equal rights
- Democrats and Republicans differ over major obstacles to women having equal rights
- Republican, Democratic women differ over extent to which not enough women in power hinders equality
- One-third of Americans correctly cite 1920 as the year U.S. women gained the right to vote
- Wide partisan gaps in views of how much the parties, the feminist movement and Trump have done to advance women’s rights
- Majorities of Democrats and Republicans support adding the ERA to the U.S. Constitution
- Many say adding ERA to the U.S. Constitution would not make much difference for women’s rights
- Women with a bachelor’s degree more likely than those with less education to say feminism has helped them
- White men and male college graduates are the most likely to cite women’s suffrage as most important milestone
- Growing share of Americans say the country has not gone far enough in giving women equal rights with men
- More say feminism has helped white women a lot than say it has done the same for black or Hispanic women
- Majority of Americans say the U.S. has work to do to give women equal rights with men
- Majorities across parties, genders say U.S. has made progress in gender equality over last 10 years
- Most Americans say bigger problem is gender discrimination being overlooked
- About half of U.S. adults see women’s suffrage as the most important milestone in advancing the position of women
- Higher share of men than women say gender equality is very likely