Article: Working women 'feel they have to work harder' than men

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Washington, Nov. 29 -- A new study has found that women feel they have to work harder than men in a workplace.

Sociologists Elizabeth Gorman of the University of Virginia and Julie Kmec of Washington State University, carried out five different surveys given in different years, to different groups of men and women in Britain and the United States.

They discovered that a gender gap persisted in ratings of the statement: "My job requires that I work very hard," with women significantly more likely to say they strongly agreed.

"Between a man and a woman who hold the same job, shoulder the same burdens at home and have the ...

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