Women’s public lives

Results of questionnaires

April 2012

Demographics - who filled in the questionnaire?

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men respondentswomen respondents

Demographics - who filled in the questionnaire?

total respondents

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Demographics - who filled in the questionnaire?

average age of respondents

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Bias in mass media

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Perception of women's appearances in mass media

BeautyPowerIntelligenceSkills / competenceFamily roles

Bias in mass mediaQuestion: Please recall what you have recently seen in any mass media (television, outdoor posters, print media, publicity in cinemas etc.) and tell us to what extent women were associated to the characteristics bellow.

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Beauty Power Intelligence Skills /competence

Family roles

domains

Gender bias in mass media

Men

Women

First person that comes to our mind in each domain

Gender bias of professional domains

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Scientist Politician Actors Models Professionalsport

Writer Charityperson

domains

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Please try to recall people who became famous in the fields listed bellow. Please tell us whether the first person that comes to your mind in each domain is a man or a woman.

Percentage of women in parliamentPlease estimate what percentage of members of parliament in your country are women

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Percpetion of % of women inParliament

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Percpetion of % of women inParliament

Ideal % of women in parliament

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Pay gap perception: is there a pay gap?Do you think men’s monthly salary is higher than women’s in your country for the same type of job?

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Pay gap perception

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Estimated + real pay gap

Real data 2010Perceptions

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over women'scountries

percieved and real pay gap

Real data 2010

Perceptions

Who is better suited for these vocations?Question: Below you find a list of professions. Who do you think is better suited for these professions: men or women?

Gender bias in vocations

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-1.5

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Percentage of women amongst managersIn your opinion, amongst the managers / leaders of your organisation, what percentage are women?

% of women in management in own organisation

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Personal preference towards gender of the bossPlease indicate your personal preference towards having a female or male boss

Personal preference towards gender of boss

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final questions

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To be successfulpolitician a

woman has togive up herprivate life

Women have asmaller salarybecause theycost more toorganisation

than man due totheir dutiesconcerning

children

If there aremore women

amongstteachers, it isbecause they

are better at thisjob

If a womanassumes highresponsibilitiesin a company,

she cannot fulfilappropriately

her role asmother

Women inleading positionsusually becomeless feminine

A man can be agood politician

even with acomplicatedprivate life

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