Study: A Third Of Girls Think It’s ‘Rare’ For Women To Become Corporate Leaders

Okay, sure, very few women are CEOs of major companies. And, yea, there aren’t a ton of women participating in Davos this year (or, well, any other year, for that matter).

But young girls are taking all that in, right?

Actually, yea, they are. A new report released today shows that a staggering number of girls ages 8 to 17 believe it’s really tough for women to succeed in business (have we done anything to prove otherwise?). The study was commissioned by the Girl Scouts (they of the brilliant, girl-promoting ad campaign, also released today), and aimed to measure young ladies’ attitudes toward the business world.

A full third of the 1,001 girls surveyed said they believed “that while women can succeed in business, they rarely become corporate executives,” according to the AP, and that several respondents argued that women are “more burdened by family than men as they try to succeed in their careers.”

(Photo of little girl via Shutterstock)

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