The Great Global Drone Gender Gap -- Lydia Tomkiw, Passport/Foreign Policy
A new global survey from the Pew Research Center has revealed a striking difference of opinion along gender lines. The issue? Drone strikes.
"It's one of the most extreme gender differences we've ever seen [on an issue]," Bruce Stokes, Director of the Global Economic Program at the Pew Research Center, told Foreign Policy.
In 31 out of 39 countries surveyed, at least half of respondents disapprove of U.S. drone strikes "targeting extremists in places such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia." When looking at the gender break down, double-digit gaps were found in many countries with the highest gap in Japan where 41 percent of men approve of U.S. drone strikes while only 10 percent of women do. (The gender divide grew in Japan this year -- last year 32 percent of men approved while only 11 percent of women did.)
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My Comment: When women start serving in combat units .... and being shot at .... I suspect that these numbers will change.
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