Gender & Tech

Women in the U.S. are less likely than men to say that technology has had a mostly positive effect on society (42% vs. 54%).

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

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.

Amid ongoing discussions about sexual harassment in the workplace and beyond, read five findings about how these issues have been discussed on Twitter and other social media outlets in the past year.

About seven-in-ten women in Congress mentioned sexual misconduct in their official Facebook posts between Oct. 1 and Dec. 30, 2017, compared with 37% of men in Congress.

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Women in the U.S. are substantially more likely than men to say gender discrimination is a major problem in the technology industry.

In the U.S., four-in-ten women and roughly a quarter of adults ages 65 and older say they play video games at least sometimes.

Among women who have experienced any form of online harassment, 35% say they found their most recent incident to be “extremely” or “very” upsetting.