With most countries seeing measures to improve gender equality to be celebrated, Real Research Insights understood that men and women share opinions: gender inequality remains.

  • 67% of males and 65% of female respondents believe all genders should be treated equally.
  • Around 50% of respondents, both male, and female, believe there is still a gap in gender equality in their countries.
  • Both genders affirm that economic participation and opportunity is where women have fewer opportunities.

Gender equality is a topic debated worldwide, with marked improvements in several countries globally and not so much in others. Even so, our in-depth research that surveyed 2000 thousand women and 2000 men showed that there is still a long way to go in the direction of gender equality.

In developed countries, the topic has been gaining significant importance, and new regulations are one-by-one being implemented.  On the other hand, there are still women in developing countries who are not entitled to things as simple as voting or working outside the house.

In a spectrum of 4000 participants, regardless of the area of the world where they live, more than half of the respondents recognized that women continue to have fewer opportunities. Besides, they continue to have more uncompensated work at home, and that the disparities between men and women continue to exist despite improvements over the past five years.

50% Believe There is an Equality Gap in Their Country

Although the genders are different, opinions between men and women do not vary much. Both genders recognize the existence of the gender equality gap in their country. There were 1019 (50.9%) of women answered a definite yes to the question, “Do you feel there is a gender equality gap in your country?”.  While 999 men (49.95%) answered the same.

For the same question, more men than women answered, “Yes, but it has been improving.” 777 (38.85%) of men gave this answer while women are not so sure of this improvement, with an average of 690 women giving this answer (34.5%).

Although they were given the option to disagree with the existence of gender equality, no participant responded that it does not exist. In fact, the remaining respondents, 292 (14.6%) in the case of women and 226 (11.3%) of men answered: “somewhat yes.”

Although women are the gender most affected by inequalities, the results are almost unanimous: men and women agree that there is — in one way or another — gender inequality, and a total of 100% of respondents affirm this.

Economic Participation and Opportunity is the Most Emphasized Factor of Inequality

Men and women again both agree. In a spectrum of 4000 participants in which 2000 women and 2000 men were selected, opinions do not seem to differ. To the question “In what matter do you observe the biggest gaps in terms of gender equality in your country? “both genders agreed on” Economic participation and opportunity “with 823 (41.15%) women choosing this option is exactly the same number of men to agree.

Job opportunities and the discrepancy in salaries were the following categories to be highlighted. 365 (18.25%) women and 326 (16.3) men underlined the lack of job opportunities, and 252 (12.6%) women and 317 (15.85%) men reported wages.

Less voted were options such as freedom of speech, safety, human rights, and household chores, taking into account that the majority of our respondents declared to live in developed countries, which may influence the sample.

Women Work More at Home

For the question “In your country, do you perceive men and women work equally on domestic and family work?” both genders agreed again. Exactly 1006 (50.3%) of women stated that “women are more likely to do domestic and family work and not be compensated, “and 975 (48.75%) of men agreed with this statement.

The option “domestic work is equally divided between men and women” was one of the least voted, with a discrepancy in men and women’s choices. Men are more likely to defend this, with 116 (5.8%) choosing this answer and only 62 (3.1%) women to agree.

Global Evolution is Perceived

Although the results were not very encouraging in the previous questions, the news improved when the problem was, “Have you perceived global evolution on gender equality matters during the past five years? “And there was a positive response from both genders, curiously more noticeable in the male part than in the female part. 938 (46.9%) women answered,” I agree I have seen more equality in the last 5 years,” and in return, 986 (49.3%) of men gave the same answer.

As you can see in the charts above, the responses remained positive on the part of both genders, with large percentages answering “I agree that my country has evolved in gender equality but not the rest of the world” and “I agree that some countries have evolved and others remain in the same situation or in a worse situation than before.”

The answer, “I disagree with gender equality’s global evolution,” was given by only 110 (5.5%) women and 121 (6.05%) men. The remaining participants say they do not have an established opinion.

This global research was able to draw quite discouraging conclusions towards the gender equality gap in 2020/2021 but ends with a positive result regarding improving this matter in the last 5 years. It is also important to emphasize that men and women have almost unanimous opinions on all questions, which shows that awareness of this issue has increased in recent years.

Methodology

Real Research conducted a global survey with 4000 participants worldwide, having considered the responses of 2000 thousand women and 2000 thousand men to understand the opinion of both genders on gender equality. The sample includes 642 female respondents from North America and 583 men; 343 women from East Asia and the Pacific and 441 male respondents; 405 women from Western Europe and 375 men. The sample was shorter from global areas such as Latin America and the Caribbean with 205 women and 234 men; Eastern Europe and Central Asia with 82 female respondents and 107 men; South Asia with 180 women and 196 men; the Middle East and North Africa with 124 female respondents and only 24 male respondents; and Sub-Saharan Africa with only 20 women and 42 men.

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