“It’s easier being a woman today than it is a man,” he said in an interview. For example, 51 percent of respondents but 24 percent of Republican men said a lack of women in political office affected women’s rights. Fifty-seven percent of respondents over all and 36 percent of Republican men said unequal responsibilities caring for family affected women’s rights. Men Underestimate the Sexism Faced by Women The share of women who say they have experienced types of sexism, and the share of men who say the women in their lives have. The largest shares of people, both women and men, named two black women: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.

Source: New York Times January 17, 2017 15:58 UTC