#GAReads | Progress Toward Gender Equity Has Stalled Since the 90s
“Progress Toward Gender Equity Has Stalled Since the 90s”:
Women have made progress in earning college degrees as well as in pay and in occupations once largely dominated by men since 1970 — but the pace of gains in many areas linked to professional advancement has slowed in recent decades and stalled in others, finds the new five-decade analysis.
“…further progress requires substantial institutional and cultural change.”
“Substantial progress has been made toward gender equality since 1970 on employment and earnings as well as in women’s access to certain fields of study and professions,” explains Paula England, a professor of sociology at New York University and the study’s senior author. “However, movement toward gender equality has slowed down, and in some cases, stalled completely.”