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A Century After Women Gained the Right To Vote, Majority of Americans See Work To Do on Gender Equality
Equal pay widely cited as a marker of a society with gender equality
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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