Are women CEOs suffering "glaring double standards" in media coverage?

Are women CEOs suffering "glaring double standards" in media coverage?
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Are women CEOs suffering "glaring double standards" in media coverage?
Author: Jonathan Prynn
Published: Feb, 25 2025 10:15

Summary at a Glance

The analysis found that women CEOs “are both 2.1 times more likely as men to be described as too ambitious, and 2.1 times more likely to be described as lacking ambition.

Overall women CEOs receive 1.25 times more mentions than men, while CEO coverage overall is 17 times more likely to mention the words ‘woman’ or ‘women’ than ‘man’ or ‘men.’.

Women CEOs receive 1.7 times more attention when they leave a role than men and while 18% of stories around make CEO departures is negative, 28% of coverage of women CEO departures is.

Women CEOs are 27% more likely to be described using people-oriented adjectives than men, while men are 24% more likely to be described for their task-oriented skills.

Instead, they were 3.56 times more likely to be described as lacking confidence as men, while men were 1.25 times more likely to be described as having excess confidence.

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