Women more sceptical about the progress of gender equality

This interesting survey from @nifty looked at gender equality, with a bonus question at the end about same-sex marriage.

I’m for equality in general, of course, but against gender equality in election candidates. More women should be encouraged into politics, but the approach should be more about making it less of a boys club, and adopting sensible hours for conducting business.

Research results

Q1: Do you think there is gender equality in Japan today? (Sample size=2,392)

	Male	Female
Almost complete equality	11.4%	2.8%
Equality in some spheres only	36.1%	28.5%
Not really much equality	36.5%	44.5%
No equality at all	12.1%	20.8%
Don’t know	3.8%	3.3%

Q2: Do you think gender needs to be indicated on job application forms? (Sample size=2,392)

Needed	66.9%
Not needed	19.4%
Don’t know	13.7%

Q3: What do you think about a law specifying that there should be a 50:50 male:female balance of candidates in elections? (Sample size=2,392)

	Male	Female
Good thing	35.5%	36.5%
Bad thing	38.5%	23.7%
Don’t know	26.0%	39.8%

Q4: There are female-only carriages on certain trains, but does there need to be male-only carriages too? (Sample size=2,392)

Should be	39.1%
No need for them	46.7%
Don’t know	14.2%

Q5: As gender equality progresses, is society becoming better or worse? (Sample size=2,392)

	Male	Female
Becoming better	28.2%	41.1%
Not really changing	44.0%	38.0%
Getting worse	13.7%	3.1%
Don’t know	14.1%	17.7%

Q6: Do you think same-sex marriages should be recognised by law? (Sample size=2,392)

	Male	Female
Should be	36.3%	57.1%
Shouldn’t be	28.7%	7.5%
Don’t know	35.0%	35.5%

Demographics

Between the 8th and 14h of of June 2018 2,392 members of the @nifty monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. No further demographics were given.