The study found that only 49% of American men would feel very comfortable with a woman serving as the head of the government. By comparison, women seemed a bit more positive to seeing their own leadership potential, but still stood out as pretty sexist as only 59% of women said they would feel comfortable with a woman in charge.<\/p>\n
Michelle Harrison, CEO of Kantar Public, a public policy consulting and research agency, said to\u00a0The Huffington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cWomen in all walks of life have a harder job on the journey to leadership than men (…) I don\u2019t think it\u2019s telling us anything specific about a particular woman. Leaders always break through (…)\u00a0The results shouldn\u2019t be interpreted to mean a woman doesn\u2019t have a shot at the top spot, but it\u2019s been clear that a female politician\u2019s\u00a0road is just going to be a lot rougher.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n When it comes to the countries most comfortable in having a women in power, Canada and the U.K. had a\u00a0majority of respondents\u00a0say they would be more comfortable with a female head of state. Germany (which currently has a female Chancellor), Japan, and Russia were the countries least comfortable with a female head of state.<\/p>\n In some of the most interesting parts of the data, it is seen that\u00a0both men and woman are more at ease with female leaders in the private sector.<\/p>\n For the report, the researchers surveyed 22,000 adults ages 18 to 64 across the 11 countries \u2015 including 2,000 Americans. The survey asked about women\u2019s and men\u2019s suitability for leadership roles across a number of areas, including government; business sectors like media, fashion, technology; and child care. This is the second year Kantar and WPL have done this study, but the first time they\u2019ve included countries outside the G-7, which includes the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada.<\/p>\n The report finds discrimination against men, too. In every country, men were seen as less suitable leaders when it came to child care. The researchers found pervasive gender discrimination in every country surveyed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In America,\u00a0women and men were more comfortable with having a woman run a company: 56% of men and 66% of women said they were comfortable with a female CEO. Americans also scored the highest out of all 11 countries surveyed when it comes to feeling comfortable about the idea of a female leader in media and entertainment, banking and finance, and natural sciences.<\/p>\n They were also the most comfortable with having a woman in charge when it comes to childcare, and the least comfortable with a female leader in gaming, automotive manufacturers, and defense and policing.<\/p>\n Interestingly, despite seeing with positive eyes a female leader within industries, a survey by McKinsey & Co. and Lean In,\u00a0taken from 132 companies employing more than 4.6 million people, showed that almost every new CEO that was hired in the duration of 2018 was a man, proving that\u00a0CEO occupation for female workers sadly stands out as the least evolved position in the ranking for the past 18 years<\/a> despite that women\u00a0earned more college degrees<\/a>\u00a0than men since 30 years ago.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-22-at-12.03.08.png\")
<\/p>\n<\/div>\nNo to a female president, yes a female CEO<\/h1>\n
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