Only 3% of the Russians would prefer a female leader

According to 48% of respondents, men are more predisposed to leadership, since they are more “restricted and determined”, as well as by their upper and “genetic” physical strength. The confidence in women’s leadership qualities was expressed only by 8% of the survey of the VTSIOM survey.

Female leadership supporters pointed out that women succeed in leadership positions allow their inherent wisdom, responsibility, determination, ambitious and other qualities.

Survey participants indicated that women should become leaders in the field of education (16%), medical care (9%), as well as in the beauty sector (4%) and maintenance (3% ). At the same time, 29% of respondents noticed the absence of such areas in which women should occupy main positions.

“Both women and men in our country continue to associate leadership with men. In addition, women themselves adhere to such views. This is a consequence of prejudices about a certain “natural predisposition”: supposedly men are stronger and more decisive, and women most frequently demonstrate care and empathy, “said the expert in which Vtsiom’s office, who consults the Ivan Gruzinov.

If people see “examples of women who have achieved the success contrary to stereotypes”, this will change the current situation, the Georgians concluded.

The leader’s genre has the smallest value for the generation of “zuments” and “millennials junior”, since “this generation has grown in an environment where gender equality issues are discussed openly, and the examples of leaders are leading women are They come back more notable. ” They said VTSIOM analysts.