Few women lead large U.S. companies, despite modest gains over past decade
While women are still underrepresented in top corporate jobs, there has been a small increase in the share of women executives in such positions over the past decade.
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While women are still underrepresented in top corporate jobs, there has been a small increase in the share of women executives in such positions over the past decade.
Men and women in America generally agree on many of the qualities and competencies they see as essential for political and business leaders to have. But there are notable differences in the importance they ascribe to some of those qualities.
A majority of Americans would like to see more women in top leadership positions in business and politics, but many are skeptical there will ever be gender parity in these areas. Views about the state of female leadership vary by party and gender.
Only about 5% of the chief executive officers of 1,500 companies we examined were women. Among the tier of executives just below the CEO in terms of pay and position in the corporate hierarchy, 11.5% were women.
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.
One hundred years after Jeannette Rankin became the first female member of the U.S. Congress, women remain underrepresented in political and business leadership.
Female police officers sometimes differ sharply from male officers in their views of policing and their experiences.
Men and women who support Clinton differ in their views about the Democratic candidate and her candidacy to become the first female U.S. president.
Over 4,600 U.S. ambassadors have served in foreign countries since the founding of the nation – and only 9% of them have been women.
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