Why the work done by women is not given equal value as done by the men in our society? Give reasons for your answer.
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The public is divided on the basic question of how society treats men and women. Four-in-ten say society generally treats men and women equally. A slightly larger share (45%) says society favors men over women. Only 9% say society favors women over men. Attitudes have changed considerably over the past 20 years. When the Gallup Organization asked this question in 1993, only 23% said society generally treats men and women equally, and 62% said society favors men over women.27
There’s a significant gender gap on this issue. Roughly half of the men (46%) say that men and women are generally treated equally by society, while only 34% of women agree. Roughly half (53%) of women say society favors men over women, compared with 36% of men who say the same.
The perception among women than men receives more favorable treatment cuts across generations. Roughly equal shares of Millennial women (51%), Gen X women (55%), Boomer women (54%), and Silent generation women (58%) say that society generally favors men over women.
College-educated women are among the most likely to say men and women are not treated equally by society. Fully 65% of women with a bachelor’s degree or higher say society favors men over women. This compares with 49% of women without a bachelor’s degree. Similarly, college-educated men (46%) are more likely than men who have not graduated from college (32%) to say society is biased in favor of men.