Gender & LGBTQ

In 2018, 59% of U.S. adults said there were too few women in high political offices, including 69% of women and 48% of men who said this.

Six-in-ten women under 35 who have online dated say someone continued to contact them after they said they were not interested.

Key findings from a Pew Research Center study about online dating.

A majority of online daters say their overall experience was positive, but many users – particularly younger women – report being harassed or sent explicit messages on these platforms.

There is a growing need for high-skill workers in the U.S., and this has helped to narrow gender disparities in the labor market.

The gender wage gap narrows as women move into high-skill jobs and acquire more education. Women are now in the majority in jobs that draw most heavily on either social or fundamental skills.

Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.

Among the changes: Smartphones and social media became the norm, church attendance fell, and same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana gained support.

Views differ sharply by party and age when it comes to whether forms or online profiles should include gender options other than “man” and “woman.”

Despite parents' shifting responsibilities, the U.S. is the only one of 41 nations that does not mandate any paid leave for new parents.