For eight in ten women (80%), professional inequalities are still very important today, according to a barometer on sexism at work carried out by the French Association of Managers of Diversity Unveiled on Tuesday.
The 2025 edition of this barometer confirms the persistence of gender inequalities and sexist behaviors in the world of work in France. According to the results, 67% of women say they have already been confronted personally with a discriminatory or sexist situation within their business.
Three out of four women consider that women are regularly faced with sexist attitudes or decisions in the world of work. A figure that climbs to 86% among those under 35.
The feeling of inequality also concerns salary: more than one in two women say they are less paid than her male colleagues for work of equal value.
According to the barometer, more than six in ten women (66%) also have the feeling of having to do more to be recognized in their work. A reality that escapes men, since less than one in two shares this feeling.
Business sexism seems to be expressed also through humor: more than seven in ten women say they have already heard women are the subject of “jokes about women” at work. Maternity is also a vector of inequality, since for 73% of respondents, being a mother is a brake on career.
Faced with a sexist professional climate, the women interviewed ensure that they have recourse to avoidance strategies, such as not carrying certain clothing (31%), avoiding being alone with certain people (25%), or not to speak in public (18%).
To fight against these inequalities, 43% of the employees questioned see systematic sanction as a means of priority action to be implemented. They are only 46% to consider that companies are involved enough to reduce these inequalities.
The barometer also highlights resistances present in men: 40% of them think they are discriminated against due to the promotion of gender equality. Another striking figure: almost one in two men considers that the sharing of domestic and parental tasks has no impact on professional equality between men and women.
The barometer was carried out in collaboration with Ipsos, with a sample of 1,000 employees representative of companies with more than 250 employees in France, interviewed on the Internet in January 2025.
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