Written on November 7, 2026
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Results
| Answer | # | % |
|---|---|---|
| No | 16 | 16% |
| A little | 7 | 7% |
| Significantly | 77 | 78% |
Demographics
Most people who said No were women.
All other answers were split fairly evenly.
Discussions
The first woman to put No marked it somewhat aggressively and then left. She seemed to be busy, but also rather passionate about the answer. I didn’t get a chance to ask her why.
One woman said she gets cat-called even when wearing pajamas.
One woman said women are still fighting for the same rights as men.
One man said there’s not enough research into women’s healthcare.
One woman just said “I have seven brothers.”
One older woman simply said “look at our ages, we’ve seen a lot.” Her friend, also an older woman, said Roe v Wade was overturned.
One woman said there’s a push towards more traditional roles, such as the trad-wife movement. She said if you’re child-free, your friends would ask when you’re going to have babies, and they almost question why you exist if you’re not going to reproduce.
One black woman said, “it’s an odd question, similar to is racism still alive.”
One foreign woman who put No said, “definitely not, it’s the best time to be alive as a woman.”
One woman who put No said “I haven’t experienced any disadvantages.”
One man who put No said there are many women CEOs.
One woman who put Significantly said “not until abortion is legalized.”
One woman who put Significantly said women are objectified and sexualized, that even from age 3 they are judged based on whether they are pretty.
One woman who put Significantly said, “Cornell seven.”
One woman who put A little said “not disadvantaged, more like inconvenienced.”
One man who put Significantly said we need a female president and abortion rights.
One woman who put A little said they are paid less and have to work harder.
One man who said No gave an example, saying if a man ran through the streets naked, people would say he’s crazy, but if a woman ran through the streets naked, people would assume she was robbed.
One woman who put Significantly cited “femicide and rapes” and said we went backwards over the past 10 years.
One woman who put Significantly said there isn’t really female representation in decisions such as abortion laws. Her friend who had the same answer said she and her mom do most of the work around the house, and she can’t convince her dad or brother to do more, because they say it’s not really their responsibility, and that she can’t convince her mom, who is stuck in her ways.
One young man who put Significantly said women can’t walk around safely at 1 am.
One woman who put Significantly said his sister was raped 4 months ago.
One woman who put Significantly cited the wage gap.
One woman who put No said “if anything, we’re more advantaged.”
One young woman who put Significantly in bold, said she doesn’t know why.
One woman who put Significantly said, “your rights don’t change when you cross a border; mine do.”
One woman who put Significantly said, “simple, everyday things are harder and more dangerous.”
One man who put Significantly cited misogyny in media, and the pay gap.
One woman who put Significantly said it’s not as much a problem here, but globally it’s still a real problem, for example there is still child marriage in some places.
One woman who put No said, “they’re not; we can do whatever we want!”
One man who said A little said he hasn’t experienced it because he lives in the suburbs and his mom has a PhD in psychology.