One more time! A survey about feminism for a class

[Just Kate]

Please select the option that best applies.  Bless anyone who is willing to help me out on this, I need data for my class final project.

1) Job Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer job opportunities than men
b) Women have slightly fewer job opportunities than men
c) Women and men have about the same job opportunities
d) Women have slightly more job opportunities than men
e) Women have significantly more job opportunities than men

2) Employment Wages
a) Women receive significantly less pay than men do
b) Women receive slightly less pay than men do
c) Women and men receive about the same pay
d) Women receive slightly higher pay than men do
e) Women receive significantly more pay than men do

3) Interest Opportunities
a) Women are accepted in significantly fewer interest groups than men are
b) Women are accepted in slightly fewer interest groups than men are
c) Women are accepted in interest groups about as often as men are
d) Women are accepted in slightly more interest groups than men are
e) Women are accepted in significantly more interest groups than men are

4) Political Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer political opportunities than men
b) Women have slightly fewer political opportunities than men
c) Women and men have about the same political opportunities
d) Women have slightly more political opportunities than men
e) Women have significantly more political opportunities than men

5) Representation in Higher Education
a) Women are significantly underrepresented in higher education
b) Women are slightly underrepresented in higher education
c) Women and men are represented about the same in higher education
d) Women are slightly overrepresented in higher education
e) Women are significantly overrepresented in higher education

6) Educational Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer educational opportunities than men
b) Women have slightly fewer educational opportunities than men
c) Women and men have about the same educational opportunities
d) Women have slightly more educational opportunities than men
e) Women have significantly more educational opportunities than men

7) Religious Authority Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer opportunities to be a religious authority than men
b) Women have slightly fewer opportunities to be a religious authority than men
c) Women and men have about the same opportunities to be a religious authority
d) Women have slightly more opportunities to be a religious authority than men
e) Women have significantly more opportunities to be a religious authority than men

Sexualization in Media
a) Women are significantly less sexualized in the media than men
b) Women are slightly less sexualized in the media than men
c) Women and men are sexualized in the media about the same
d) Women are slightly more sexualized in the media than men
e) Women are significantly more sexualized in the media than men

9) Health
a) Women are significantly less healthy than men
b) Women are slightly less healthy than men
c) Women and men are similar in health
d) Women are slightly more healthy than men
e) Women are significantly more healthy than men

10) Feminism
a) Feminism is largely detrimental at guaranteeing equality for women
b) Feminism is slightly detrimental at guaranteeing equality for women
c) Feminism is unneccesary to guarantee equality for women
d) Feminism is slightly affective at guaranteeing equality for women
e) Feminism is largely affective at guaranteeing equality for women

11) Military Service
a) Women are significantly less accepted in the military than men
b) Women are slightly less accepted in the military than men
c) Women and men are accepted in the military about the same
d) Women are slightly more accepted in the military than men
e) Women are significantly more accepted in the military than men

12) Representation in Authority
a) Women are significantly underrepresented in authority positions
b) Women are slightly underrepresented in authority positions
c) Women and men are represented about the same in authority positions
d) Women are slightly overrepresented in authority positions
e) Women are significantly overrepresented in authority positions

13) What best represents the basis for your opinions on the position of women in American culture
a) Word of mouth/popular opinion
b) Political activists
c) Scientific journals/polls
d) Personal experience

What is your sex?            Male    Female
Do you consider yourself a feminist?    Yes    No

[tekla]

Hell, I promised myself that upon getting a PhD I'd never - ever - answer multiple guess questions again. So I don't.  But if you asking 'do women have a harder time in American society then men do', all other things being equal (which they never are), then, duh.

[jayjay]

What is your sex?            Male    Female

Hmm, hard question.  Not really sure how to answer that one as a kind of inbetween MTF.

[Lisbeth]

1) Job Opportunities
b) Women have slightly fewer job opportunities than men

2) Employment Wages
a) Women receive significantly less pay than men do

3) Interest Opportunities
b) Women are accepted in slightly fewer interest groups than men are

4) Political Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer political opportunities than men

5) Representation in Higher Education
d) Women are slightly overrepresented in higher education

6) Educational Opportunities
e) Women have significantly more educational opportunities than men

7) Religious Authority Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer opportunities to be a religious authority than men

8 ) Sexualization in Media
e) Women are significantly more sexualized in the media than men

9) Health
d) Women are slightly more healthy than men

10) Feminism
e) Feminism is largely affective at guaranteeing equality for women

11) Military Service
a) Women are significantly less accepted in the military than men

12) Representation in Authority
a) Women are significantly underrepresented in authority positions

13) What best represents the basis for your opinions on the position of women in American culture
c) Scientific journals/polls

What is your sex?            Male    Female
Do you consider yourself a feminist?    Yes    No

[mickie88]

Please select the option that best applies.  Bless anyone who is willing to help me out on this, I need data for my class final project.

1) Job Opportunities
b) Women have slightly fewer job opportunities than men



2) Employment Wages
a) Women receive significantly less pay than men do




3) Interest Opportunities
duno

4) Political Opportunities

c) Women and men have about the same political opportunities


5) Representation in Higher Education

b) Women are slightly underrepresented in higher education

6) Educational Opportunities

c) Women and men have about the same educational opportunities


7) Religious Authority Opportunities

c) Women and men have about the same opportunities to be a religious authority

Sexualization in Media

e) Women are significantly more sexualized in the media than men

9) Health

d) Women are slightly more healthy than men

10) Feminism

c) Feminism is unneccesary to guarantee equality for women

11) Military Service
a) Women are significantly less accepted in the military than men


12) Representation in Authority
a) Women are significantly underrepresented in authority positions

13) What best represents the basis for your opinions on the position of women in American culture
a) Word of mouth/popular opinion
b) Political activists
c) Scientific journals/polls
d) Personal experience
e) All the above

What is your sex?            Male    Female
Do you consider yourself a feminist?    Yes     No

[Sandy]

Please select the option that best applies.  Bless anyone who is willing to help me out on this, I need data for my class final project.

1) Job Opportunities
b) Women have slightly fewer job opportunities than men

2) Employment Wages
a) Women receive significantly less pay than men do

3) Interest Opportunities
b) Women are accepted in slightly fewer interest groups than men are

4) Political Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer political opportunities than men

5) Representation in Higher Education
a) Women are significantly underrepresented in higher education

6) Educational Opportunities
b) Women have slightly fewer educational opportunities than men

7) Religious Authority Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer opportunities to be a religious authority than men

Sexualization in Media
e) Women are significantly more sexualized in the media than men

9) Health
b) Women are slightly less healthy than men

10) Feminism
e) Feminism is largely affective at guaranteeing equality for women

11) Military Service
b) Women are slightly less accepted in the military than men

12) Representation in Authority
b) Women are slightly underrepresented in authority positions

13) What best represents the basis for your opinions on the position of women in American culture
e) All of the above

What is your sex? Female
Do you consider yourself a feminist?    Yes

I'd like to see the results of your poll once it is completed.

Thanks!

-Sandy

[tekla]

Interestingly enough, as it turns out, there are more women in higher education then men, and that has been true for almost 15 years now. 

As for Women are slightly less healthy than men - how do you explain a longer lifespan then?  Is being less healthy somehow something good for a longer life then? 

[sd]

Interestingly enough, as it turns out, there are more women in higher education then men, and that has been true for almost 15 years now. 

As for Women are slightly less healthy than men - how do you explain a longer lifespan then?  Is being less healthy somehow something good for a longer life then?

Women are also much more likely to see a doctor early compared to men.
Post Merge: April 24, 2009, 04:26:02 PM
1) Job Opportunities
b) Women have slightly fewer job opportunities than men

2) Employment Wages
a) Women receive significantly less pay than men do
(This is tricky, because women do have some perks that men do not have. Is it balanced? No. But I think just focusing on pay is wrong)


3) Interest Opportunities
b) Women are accepted in slightly fewer interest groups than men are

4) Political Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer political opportunities than men

5) Representation in Higher Education
d) Women are slightly overrepresented in higher education

6) Educational Opportunities
c) Women and men have about the same educational opportunities

7) Religious Authority Opportunities
a) Women have significantly fewer opportunities to be a religious authority than men

8 ) Sexualization in Media
e) Women are significantly more sexualized in the media than men

9) Health
d) Women are slightly more healthy than men

10) Feminism
c) Feminism is unneccesary to guarantee equality for women
(I think in some ways they went too far, and in others, not enough)

11) Military Service
b) Women are slightly less accepted in the military than men
(they are accepted better than many think at least for enlisted, officers, I'm unsure of)

12) Representation in Authority
a) Women are significantly underrepresented in authority positions

13) What best represents the basis for your opinions on the position of women in American culture
c) Scientific journals/polls

What is your sex?            Male    Female
Do you consider yourself a feminist?    Yes    No

[Kaelin]

Yeah, these answer choices could use a little more range.  Anyway, I can only speak for what I perceive to be the case for my area (Texas and the United States)

+ means leaning earlier in the alphabet
- means leaning later in the alphabet

1-2) Job Opportunities, Employment Wages
run-of-the-mill jobs: b+
executive level jobs: a++

3) Interest Opportunities
b-: There's some (albeit less) discrimination that cuts against men, too.

4) Political Opportunities
a-

5) Representation in Higher Education
c: Women are more numerous in undergrad, men are more numerous at the graduate level

6) Educational Opportunities
c

7) Religious Authority Opportunities
a

Sexualization in Media
e+: They both are very sexualized, but women still rather moreso

9) Health
d

10) Feminism (effective?)
e: This is almost circular.  Feminism, by definition, is desiring gender equality.  To the extent the feminism is adhered to be people in society is the extent that people will leverage policy that supports the tenets of feminism.  If feminism is highly visible (and presumable not effective due to blowback), it is likely because its basic tenets are not actually accepted by, at a minimum, a very large minority of its people (including a sizable number of women) -- to this point, the feminist movement absolutely gets crushed in PR battles (between lacking the reach of necessary resources and having opponents who hold up misandrists as the heart of the feminist movement), and the success of feminism will likely be realized when it is integrated into a broader movement.

11) Military Service
a+

12) Representation in Authority
a-: Mileage varies from slightly overrepresented to none at all

13) What best represents the basis for your opinions on the position of women in American culture?
D gets the most mileage (I am IN*P, heheh), but all of them play a role (although A the least).  No one group would suffice; it is the combined information that can provide context to make the rest of the information reasonably useful.

What is your sex?            Male    Female
What is your gender?            Male    Female
Do you consider yourself a feminist?    Yes    No

[Just Kate]

Thank you all for your participation.  I will post my results once compiled later this week.