A recent AP-NORC poll found that the majority of working women in the United States believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages, the Associated Press reports, but men hold a different view.
The findings come as men’s earnings are rising faster than women’s and the gender wage gap has widened for two consecutive years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Working women in the poll area cited equal pay as a major source of concern, and the poll determined equal pay as an area in which men and women are largely polarized in their perception of gender equity.
Around six in 10 women who are employed full-time say men have more opportunities to earn competitive wages, according to the survey, while around one-third say neither gender has an advantage.
About three in 10 employed women say they have personally experienced gender-based wage discrimination, while around one in 10 men say the same.
Around four in 10 men who are employed full-time believe men have an advantage when it comes to wages, around five in 10 think both genders have roughly the same opportunities and about one in 10 say women have an advantage.
