The most obvious reason that girls do better at school than boys, but less well at the office, is institutional sexism. When you start out with a 22 percent pay inequality, that is quite a handicap to overcome. Couple that with workplace attitudes that have not changed for many decades, notwithstanding the passage of laws designed to protect women in the workplace.
West Chester University professor Lauri Hyers and her research partners found a disturbing pattern as they looked at Halloween costumes.
Dr Pani Farvid does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. In the wake of the MeToo movement, addressing gender inequality in New Zealand remains a challenge. Research has long indicated that gender inequality exists primarily because of the idea that there are two separate and different genderswith men and women thought to have different skills.
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