In the month since news broke of allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein, about 1 in 5 Americans said close friends or family members shared stories about sexual harassment or assault on social media, according to a CNN poll. CONT. Emanuella Grinberg & Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Virginia Democrats Make Gains Among Voters Under 30
Virginia’s Democratic Governor-elect Ralph Northam picked up picked up support among a large number of subgroups Tuesday night, especially among voters under 30, white women, moderates and those with college degrees. CONT. NBC News Read more »
Concerns About Sexual Harassment Higher Than in 1998
Amid a barrage of news about sexual harassment in Hollywood and elsewhere, more Americans today consider sexual harassment in the workplace a major problem than did so two decades ago. Currently, 69% of U.S. adults, up from 50% in 1998, describe this type of harassment as a major problem. Women […] Read more »
NBC/WSJ Poll: Nearly Half of Working Women Say They’ve Experienced Harassment
As women around the country continue to come forward with accusations of sexual harassment by famous men in media and beyond, about half of American working women say: #MeToo. A new poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal shows that 48 percent of currently employed women in […] Read more »
Sexism in 2016
With the publication of Hillary Clinton’s campaign memoir, and the Harvey Weinstein scandal raging, it’s propitious to examine the much debated role of sexism in the last election. … In our pre-election survey, one of the biggest differentiators between Trump and Clinton voters came in their responses to the word […] Read more »
Wide Partisan Gaps Over How Far the Country Has Come on Gender Equality
Women in the United States have made significant strides toward closing the gaps that have kept them from achieving equality with men. But the country is sharply divided over how much work remains to be done, and those divisions are rooted mainly in the growing partisan schism that pervades American […] Read more »