In all 10 nations surveyed, women scored significantly lower than males when asked about the news. Photo / Getty Images
Women know less about politics than men do, a controversial study shows.
A group of researchers from universities in 10 countries said they were shocked to discover an "unmistakable" gender gap in what men and women knew about current affairs. Sociologists said the results reflected how marginalised women still feel
from public life, where the majority of leading figures are men.
"The fact that throughout the whole world women know less about politics than men and that this is as true for people in Norway as it is in Colombia is really very surprising," said James Curran, a media professor at Goldsmiths, University of London, one of the project's 15 researchers.
In Britain, while men averaged 58 per cent in a current affairs quiz, women got an average of 39 per cent.
In all 10 nations surveyed, women scored significantly lower than males when asked about the news.
