As Kamala Harris becomes the first woman elected U.S. vice-president, a global study reported Nov 9 at Thomson Reuters Foundation finds only an average 52% of people across theG7 group of major developed countries are okay with women in positions of leadership.
... 46% of men and 59% of women — would feel "very comfortable" with a woman as head of their government.
While that did mark a six-point rise from 2019, research company Kantar said its Reykjavik Index for Leadership showed no change in attitudes when people were asked if men and women were equally suited to leadership roles in politics and business.
"We've made enormous progress (since the 1950s) but right now nothing is telling us that we are in an era of change. It could be the opposite," [Michelle Harrison, CEO of Kantar's public division and the index's co-founder, said] warning that the pandemic could push women into more traditional roles.
The researchers were ... surprised to find that younger people were more prejudiced than older generations about women in high-profile roles, with the biggest differences in Britain, Germany and France….
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