Provokers, Insight & Strategic Innovation Consulting Firmreleased a report carried out in Latin America on relations between men and women in Colombia.
The study was carried out using a quantitative methodology with a representative sample from several countries. In the case of Colombia, there were 1,400 people, including men and women. womens.
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“We consider it important to make known the results of the study in the framework of the celebration of love and friendship because it is a historically important date to celebrate and recognize emotional ties, but it is also good that it is the opportunity to promote a reflection on strengthening the quality of interpersonal relationships, and this implies touching on critical issues today such as gender equality, among others.“, he comments Paula Duque Naranjo, Strategic Planning Manager for Provokers Colombia.
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Equity as a core value for women
91% of respondents agree that gender equality is necessaryAlthough both men and women seek equality and even men recognize that women’s rights must be strengthened, there are challenges that both men and women have to work on.
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One of them is that women feel that they are not given equal pay in the workplace. In this regard, Almost 80% believe that it is important to equalize salaries between men and women and 57% believe that it is more difficult for employers to work with women because of the time off work related to childcare..
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Similarly, they perceive that empowerment is generating extremely high demands because they do not feel sufficient support from men. This is confirmed by the fact that almost 50% find it difficult to balance household chores and family care with work, and 49% think that work in the country is currently not compatible with raising children..
However, 95% of men feel that there has been a change in the roles of women and men. And 68% of them dream that in the future society will have to be fairer to women.
The role of mental health
Nowadays, there is a high diagnosis of mental pathologies, especially in the younger ones, and, in addition, they do not ask for professional support to cope with these types of situations..
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In the case of women, 45% say they suffer from some mental health condition, diagnosedOn the other hand, although 75% say they have a support network of family and friends to turn to, 17.5% think it is important to talk about their mental and emotional health. with outsiders who do not know and who are experts on the subject.
In front of men, 12% of respondents attend therapy, coaching, spiritual help, etc.It is worth noting that the suicide rate is 4 times higher among men than among women.
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The concept of the ideal couple
On the other hand, THTa multinational company specializing in predicting human behavior, conducted a study on couple alignment, covering 53 couples who live together – and in some cases, also work together (22%) – as well as a larger sample of 14,945 people.
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The study revealed that men tend to be more rigorous, while women tend to be more conciliatory.highlighting that each couple finds its own formula to achieve alignment, so there is no conclusive formula for success.
It was also identified that the key to maintaining a relationship over time lies in several personality factors, although no direct correlation was found between the duration of the relationship and profile compatibility. Factors such as emotional compatibility, stability, flexibility to adapt to new circumstances, open and assertive communication, as well as mutual commitmentare essential.
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