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In 23 countries, a majority of women are claiming the often-contested label. But not everything is so rosy.
It’s International Women’s Day, so let’s start with the good news: People really like the idea of gender equality.
We know that from science — or, more specifically, because the polling firm Ipsos just released results from a 24-country survey, with nearly 18,000 respondents, on what people think about feminism and gender equality.
Here's the bad news: The results suggest that the idea “is making more progress around the world than the reality,” an Ipsos spokesperson said.
If you want to nerd out on their science stuff, you can read their methodology.
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A majority of women describe themselves as feminists — except in Germany and Russia.
Nearly 85% of Indians agreed that they're feminists, which Ipsos defined as “someone who advocates and supports equal opportunities for women.” 61% of Americans claim the label. The lowest number of feminists apparently live in Germany, where only 37% agreed they were feminists. (Russia was in close pursuit of last place, with 39% of people saying they're feminists.)
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Actually, Russia thinks its women have it pretty good.
In Russia, which decriminalized domestic violence earlier this year, 88% of women say they have the equality and freedom they need to reach their dreams. And 58% of Russians don't believe there's any equality between men and women in their country — which is kind of strange, because nearly half of all Russians agreed that men are more capable than women.
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Where do women feel most unequal? Spain.
Nearly 3 in 4 Spanish women said they didn't feel they had full equality to men, or the freedom to reach their full dreams and aspirations. That's higher than every other country, including Russia, China, Turkey, Japan and South Korea — countries that don't come out super rosy when you look at the other statistics. Still, Spanish women feel the worst off when it comes to equality.
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